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Whippoorwills
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Whippoorwills What is a Whippoorwill (or sometimes shown as whip-poor-will)? It's aforest bird found mainly in the Eastern US and Southeastern Canada. So you are probably wondering why on earth I would write about a whippoorwill in my blog. Well we have lived here for almost 11 years and each spring our local whippoorwill returns to his home here in our woods. Have any of you ever heard a whippoorwill? It is named for the sound it makes....literally. Over and over again, this bird chirps "whip-poor-will" with a strong accent on the first and third syllables and a tremolo (like a vibration) in the second. It actually sounds quite pretty at first. One thing you need to know about this bird though...it is NOCTURNAL...yep...comes to life at night. So that pretty sound gets pretty annoying when you go to bed and are trying to sleep!! Imagine having the windows open in your bedroom letting some nice, fresh spring air in (of course after a long winter everyone enjoys letting the spring air in when it gets warm enough) and hearing this bird for hours at a time!! Each year for 10 years now we have lived with the whippoorwill...believe it or not we have never seen it though. These birds, although predominantly heard are infrequently seen because of their nocturnal habits (it's not like we can go birdwatching in the evening). Also, their cryptic coloring keeps them very well hidden in the forests during the day. So if any of you ever hear the sound of the whippoorwill just remember, at least you were lucky enough to not end up with one living in your backyard singing it's song EACH and EVERY night. BTW....we also have a local woodpecker and an owl somewhere in the woods as well....hehehe....amazing that I can live that close to the nature of the forest and only be a mile away from the ocean as well LMAO Have a great day!! AM      |
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Hi Anna Marie,, So happy to catch your blog.. Of course living in the Redwoods of Calif,,,.Ive heard of them but dont know if we have them.,.But the woodpeckers and owls for sure we have..Hummingbirds one of my favorites fly all over the place in the summer time as we put out our nectar bottles for them.. Is it a wonderful thing and most wonderful thing to hear and see..Its amazing if you realy look into nature and mankind what we really have out here that people take for granted and one's who dont want to take the time to enjoy,, cause their's nothing pretier than the nature we all live in ,,all different in it's own ways.. Thanks for sharing the knowledge that i bet alot dont know about..!!! Miss you Bunches my dear friend, Love june xoxxoox    
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I hope all is well with you my dear friend....drop me an email and let me know how things have been....Miss ya and Love ya....AnnamarieBecome a member to create a blog
