Eastern whip-poor-will - Wikipedia "The Mountain Whippoorwill" is a poem written by Stephen Vincent Benét about a fiddling contest, won by Hillbilly Jim, who refers to his fiddle as a whip-poor-will and identifies the bird with the lonely and poor but vibrant life of the mountain people
Eastern Whip-poor-will | Audubon Field Guide Often heard but seldom observed, the Eastern Whip-poor-will chants its name on summer nights in eastern woods The song may seem to go on endlessly; a patient observer once counted 1,088 whip-poor-wills given rapidly without a break By day, the bird sleeps on the forest floor or on a horizontal log or branch
Eastern Whip-poor-will - All About Birds Made famous in folk songs, poems, and literature for their endless chanting on summer nights, Eastern Whip-poor-wills are easy to hear but hard to see Their brindled plumage blends perfectly with the gray-brown leaf litter of the open forests where they breed and roost
Whippoorwill | Description, Range, Facts | Britannica whippoorwill, (Caprimulgus vociferus), nocturnal bird of North America belonging to the family Caprimulgidae (see caprimulgiform) and closely resembling the related common nightjar of Europe
Eastern Whip-poor-will - eBird Listen for namesake song, a whistled "whip-poor-WILL," repeated endlessly Found in forests, often with a mixture of pines and deciduous trees with open areas nearby for foraging Forages for flying insects from the ground at night Intricately patterned with gray, brown, and black
WHIP-POOR-WILL | The Texas Breeding Bird Atlas Although its song is familiar to many people, few have actually seen a Whip-poor-will because of its cryptic plumage and nocturnal habits This species breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada to the southern United States and from west Texas to Arizona and south into Central America
Eastern Whip-poor-will - ID, Facts More | Birdzilla These small creatures prefer to live in deciduous and mixed forests, especially those with open understories and a diversity of tree species The Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) is a fairly small, mottled gray and brown nightbird with a dark stripe on its crown and a narrow white mark on its throat
Eastern Whip-poor-will (EWPW) | Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative Eastern Whip-poor-wills breed throughout the eastern U S from Northern Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina up through the northeastern U S and southern Canada reaching Ontario and Nova Scotia In the wintering season they migrate across the southern U S to settle across the Gulf Coast
eastern whip-poor-will - Illinois Department of Natural Resources Fall migration starts in August The whip‐poor‐will lives in woodlands Its “whip‐poor‐will” vocalization is how it attained its common name This bird calls most often at dawn and dusk It feeds by flying over brushy pastures and along woodland edges, catching insects in its large mouth
Eastern Whip-Poor-Will - Missouri Department of Conservation Adult whip-poor-wills have short, rounded wings and are able to turn quickly when pursuing prey They have cryptically colored plumage with gray, brown, and black mixed in a pattern like dry leaves on a forest floor The chin is blackish, with a white band at the lower edge in the male, with a buff band in the female