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Re: Chuck-will's-widow



We have Chuck-wills-widows here in Catawba County and we are at an elevation
of 1000+ ft.

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Dwayne & Lori Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Claremont, NC
dlmartin@twave.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Lewis <tlewis@buncombe.main.nc.us>
To: Carolinabirds <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: Chuck-will's-widow


>We heard a Chuck-wills-widow at a lake near Lake Lure in Rutherford
>Co. (NC) on Aug. 28 - it was the highest elevation we have ever heard
>them in NC (about 1000 ft).
>
>Tim Lewis, Asheville, NC
>TLewis@buncombe.nc.us
>
>
>> The pattern I've observed in my area is that Chucks call
>> regularly until about early July or so.  Then shut up, with
>> a little bit of calling again about the end of August-first
>> week of September. ( I once heard one on 19 September.)
>>
>> Or at least that seems to be the way it is.  I'll admit I'm
>> not out in the woods much in the heat of summer.
>> However, others here have told me that they've
>> observed the same pattern.
>>
>>                                        John Fussell
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