Last week I went birding after reading reports of woodcock and a whip-poor-will in a field nearby. I haven't heard whip-poor-wills since I was a kid when I would hear them almost every night in the summer. I haven't had the chance since I started birding seriously to add them to my life list (same for the Woodcock). So I was rewarded last week (May 8...my sister's Birthday) when I went and heard the lone Whip-pool-will. Oh, it was fantastic to hear one, knowing the population has been on the decline in NY. I also heard and saw the woodcocks. Later, another birder posted seeing and hearing the same thing I had heard. He made a recording of this, so I was please to know that this is the very same Whip-pool-will (and you can hear the Woodcocks "beeent" in the background) that I heard on May 8th.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Whip-poor-will
Last week I went birding after reading reports of woodcock and a whip-poor-will in a field nearby. I haven't heard whip-poor-wills since I was a kid when I would hear them almost every night in the summer. I haven't had the chance since I started birding seriously to add them to my life list (same for the Woodcock). So I was rewarded last week (May 8...my sister's Birthday) when I went and heard the lone Whip-pool-will. Oh, it was fantastic to hear one, knowing the population has been on the decline in NY. I also heard and saw the woodcocks. Later, another birder posted seeing and hearing the same thing I had heard. He made a recording of this, so I was please to know that this is the very same Whip-pool-will (and you can hear the Woodcocks "beeent" in the background) that I heard on May 8th.
I haven't heard a Whip-poor-will in over 30 years either. It would be nice to hear them again.
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