[TN-Bird] Timberdoodles and white lightning (Greene Co., TN)
- From: Don Miller <raincrow@xxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 22:27:00 -0500
22 February 2003
field directly behind Italian Village Restaurant
93 North Rufe Taylor Road
Greeneville, TN
Alice Loftin and I arrived at the field a little later than optimal this
evening, with darkness almost totally on us and a thunderstorm and rain
moving in. Within less than a minute after we got out of our car, we
heard woodcocks peenting. Shortly thereafter, I heard the wing whurr
and looked up just in time to glimpse a doodle high overhead right
before a sheet of lightning blanketed the sky, the bird, and my strained
but delighted eyes. I've never had a birding experience like this, and
probably won't have one anytime soon, but it was a thing of wonder while
it lasted. No shot of that good old mountain dew could touch it.
Altogether, we counted at least three woodcocks before seeking cover and
driving off.
Don Miller,
Greeneville, TN
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