[TN-Bird] Willow Flycatcher Nest
- From: "David & Gloria Patterson" <dgpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "sefc" <SEFC-Birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:06:09 -0400
Standifer Gap Marsh, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN
May 31, 2005
One completed empty Willow Flycatcher nest with snapping adult 3 feet away...
The nest was 4.5 ft up in a 6 ft opposite-leaved sapling, in 6 ft cattails, 15
ft from the edge of the water, near the north end of the water.
Last spring David Hollie and friends found a Willow Flycatcher nest about 500
ft from today's location. It was 7 ft up in a Black Willow, very exposed
location, visible from the gravel road. That nest fledged 4 young.
The nest locations are very different. I had been hearing a Willow, and
looking in Willow trees for a nest, unsuccessfully. I first thought today's
nest was a Red-winged Blackbird, from a distance, mostly because of the
location, but at a closer view it was too small and too tightly woven. Then
the adult appeared and let me know whose nest it was.
Pictures of nest and adult available. I intend to follow this nest; if someone
else would like to see it and/or help keep records, please let me know.
Other marsh nests this season:
Virginia Rail 5
Least Bittern 10
Red-winged Blackbird 73
David Patterson
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