10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW»
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The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas
The Chuck-will's-widow is the largest goatsucker commonly found in the United
States. It is rare in Iowa but appears in the same locations year after year.
Populations appear to be expanding to the north. The Chuck-will's-widow breeds
in the ...
Laura Spess Jackson, Carol A. Thompson, James J. Dinsmore, 1996
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Catesby's Birds of Colonial America
The chuck-will's-widow is the largest and most handsome of the eastern
goatsuckers. It is commonly found in a variety of habitats, ranging from thickly
wooded regions or swampy ravines to extensive pine woodlands. In the
Carolinas and ...
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis L 12" (31 cm) Our largest nightjar.
Mottled buff-brown overall; wings rounded; tail long, rounded. Loud, whistling
song sounds like chuck-will"s-widow, the first note often inaudible. Much larger
and ...
Jon Lloyd Dunn, Jonathan K. Alderfer, 2006
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Birds and Birding on the Mississippi Coast
Breeding confirmed. SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS: 100 + , October 28, 1984, Biloxi-
Gulfport Regional Airport; 50, May 23, 1976, Horn Island; 50, June 17, 1976,
Horn Island; 32, April 28, 1982, Hancock County. Chuck-will's-widow,
Caprimulgus ...
Being less nocturnal than its relatives, the Chuck-will's-widow and Whip-poor-will
, the Nighthawk is seen most often in the open air while feeding on flying insects
late in the afternoon. "Bullbat" is a commonly used local name for this bird.
William H. Turcotte, David L. Watts, 1999
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Truck-Farming at the South
March 26th, cloudy, wind W.; 27th, wind N. W. ; 28th, ice; April 7th, first Chuck-
will's-widow. 1857.— April 6th, rain, wind S. W.; 7th, wind H*. W., therm. too, frost;
March 29th, first Chuck-will's-widow. 1858.— March 5th, therm. 37°, frost; April
8th, ...
Could it be a Chuck-will's-widow? I had never seen one in my yard. Southern
cousin of the Whip-poor-will, the chuck is a denizen of the night, more often heard
than seen, with endless whistled repetitions of its name. In my twenty-four years
of ...
Current name: Cape May Warbler, Setophaga tigrina (Gmelin) Wilson's name:
Cape May Warbler, Sylvia maritima Original name: Motacilla tigrina Gmelin 1789
Current name: Chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis (Gmelin) Wilson's ...
Edward H. Burtt Jr., 2013
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Common Birds of Southeastern United States in Relation to ...
The color of the chuck-will's-widow is a harmonious blend of buff, brown, and
black, well adapted to concealing the bird as it rests quietly in the woods by day.
Surrounding the mouth are numerous branched bristles which with the enormous
...
Foster Ellenborough Lascelles Beal, Waldo Lee McAtee, Edwin Richard Kalmbach, 1916
No doubt it aids in distributing the seeds of the pines upon which it feeds, but its
food has little other economic interest. — CHUCK-WILL'S- WIDOW ' The chuck-
will 's-widow (fig. 18), an interesting nocturnal bird, breeds throughout the area to
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW»
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chuck-will's-widow is used in the context of the following news items.
Bird sightings on Cape Cod
A Mississippi kite was reported from Woods Hole and the chuck-will's-widow continues at Elain Ave in Falmouth. Continue reading below. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
Hal Broadfoot: The wild, weird story of the whip-poor-will
Nightjars, such as the whip-poor-will, Chuck-will's-widow, and common nighthawk in our area, are neither secretive nor quiet. Therefore, they ... «Fayetteville Observer, Jul 15»
Where has the Whip-poor-will gone?
Other nightjars found in Pennsylvania are the common nighthawk and the rarely documented chuck-will's-widow. Nightjars also are called ... «Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, Jun 15»
Our feathered friends are fledging in greater numbers
The previously reported Chuck-will's-widow in Prince Edward County was still reported calling at dusk on June 20. The first session for banding ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jun 15»
Bird sightings
... State Park in Hingham, two black terns and two black skimmers at Plymouth Beach and a chuck-will's-widow elsewhere in Plymouth, a winter ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
Unique habitat draws birds and birders to Fort Indiantown Gap
These would include red-headed woodpeckers, blue grosbeaks, sora and Virginia rails, and the state's only chuck-will's-widow, to name just a ... «DVIDS, Jun 15»
The World Outdoors: Mystery novelist adept at fowl play
... Park last weekend for spring migration and was pleased to see a Mississippi kite, above right, a Chuck-will's-widow and many warblers. «London Free Press, May 15»
Migrant Warblers and a Sandhill Crane
My crew, including Wendy Culbert, found the Chuck-will's-widow along Dike Road on Chappaquiddick, with an assist from Hatsy Potter, who ... «The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News, May 15»
Stars of Fulton Learning Center birding program
... White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Common Nighthawk, Chuck-will's-widow, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Black-chinned ... «Corpus Christi Caller-Times, May 15»
New York to turn lights out for migrating birds
Earlier this month, a Chuck-will's-widow - a brown, nocturnal insect-eater with a lizard-like head so flat and large it can swallow small birds ... «amNY, Apr 15»
