Earlier this evening I heard a whippoorwill call. It is the first time in many years. In the Fifties I would hear them every night; a wonderful sound and one of the few birds I could imitate fairly well.
According to the Cornell Ornithology Lab, whippoorwills are in steep decline, dropping 69% between 1966 and 2010. Scientists don’t know why. You can hear their sound on YouTube. In a few years that may be the only place you can hear them.
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