I thought maybe I knew what kind of bird you were speaking of-we have something similar out west, the Nighthawk? Looks like they may be related, anyway?
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I thought maybe I knew what kind of bird you were speaking of-we have something similar out west, the Nighthawk? Looks like they may be related, anyway?
Common Nighthawks and Eastern Whip-poor-wills do look very similar but have very different songs.
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I thought maybe I knew what kind of bird you were speaking of-we have something similar out west, the Nighthawk? Looks like they may be related, anyway?
Common Nighthawks and Eastern Whip-poor-wills do look very similar but have very different songs.
Have had a couple out in the back for quite a few summers. Always love to listen to them, call to them and they come up into the back yard. One of the true signs that winter i finally over. Have yet to see one though.
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I’ve lived within 15 miles of where I sit right now all of my life and never heard a whippoorwill . Took my sons sons turkey hunting 30 miles away to a state F&G area and heard several about an hour before sunrise, it is quite a song.
We have Whippoorwills passing through SE Georgia on their migration, but they don't breed this far south so we don't get their song. What we hear that most people confuse with the Whippoorwill is called a Chuck-will's-widow which is a similar, but different bird altogether.
I live on a road named after the Whippoorwill that we have never heard here.
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Our western version is called a "Poor Will" appropriate to its call. Probably only 1/10 the volume of the Whippoorwill, and many old timers and few youngsters living in this area are aware of their existence. Poor Wills are ground nesters with "nest" being a bit of a stretch. Usually just a couple eggs out on bare basalt cobble. Bird and eggs are extremely well camouflaged though.
When living back in the wooded Virginia's, a nearby Whippoorwill could bring me out a sound sleep, and I can snooze right through things like thunder storms. Neat birds with it once rumored that they could hibernate. Don't know if that claim still holds water or not.
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Our western version is called a "Poor Will" appropriate to its call. Probably only 1/10 the volume of the Whippoorwill, and many living the area are completely unaware of their existence.
When living back in the wooded Virginia's, a nearby Whippoorwill could bring me out a sound sleep, and I can snooze right through things like thunder storms. Neat birds with it once rumored that they could hibernate. Don't know if that claim still holds water or not.
Wikipedia says its true.
Apparently the common Poorwill is native to a tiny strip of Montana where I live.
Where you live you are most likely to be listening to the Whippoorwills big brother, that being the bigger ‘n a pigeon-sized Chuck-Wills-Widow......
Big enough to swallow small birds, reptiles and rodents whole but large insects usually suffice. And gloriously loud close-up, if ya ever have one sitting on the roof you’ll know it.
The Whippoorwill passes through in numbers but breeds up north, and is pretty quiet on migration .
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