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Re: whip-poor-will! [Re: white marlin] #8407203
05/21/25 06:44 PM
05/21/25 06:44 PM
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We've never had many whipporwhills in the deep South, but we have many Chuck Will's Widows here during summer. Everyone here calls them whipporwhills.

https://youtu.be/H2T_CoHnZyc?si=ddsRmDMibKSd_Xuj


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Re: whip-poor-will! [Re: white marlin] #8407205
05/21/25 06:48 PM
05/21/25 06:48 PM
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… how big are they Swamp… what we call a whiporwill is a fairly big bird


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Re: whip-poor-will! [Re: Savell] #8407208
05/21/25 06:50 PM
05/21/25 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Savell
… how big are they Swamp… what we call a whiporwill is a fairly big bird

About size of a collared dove....slightly smaller than a common pigeon.


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Re: whip-poor-will! [Re: white marlin] #8407209
05/21/25 06:52 PM
05/21/25 06:52 PM
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… I’ve seen some sure enough whiporwills here then … sonaguns about a foot long


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Re: whip-poor-will! [Re: white marlin] #8407240
05/21/25 07:45 PM
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They migrate south in the fall. They overwinter in east Texas, Mexico and central America.


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Re: whip-poor-will! [Re: white marlin] #8407859
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I think some confuse the sound of the Chuck-will’s widow with the Whip-poor-will, but both are wonderful music.

Re: whip-poor-will! [Re: white marlin] #8407866
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Used to hear them in northern Michigan years ago.
Even heard some in southern Ohio down by Portsmouth, in the 1980's .
Haven't heard one in years now.


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Re: whip-poor-will! [Re: white marlin] #8408034
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Our Whip-poor-will population has plummeted here in Michigan. When I was a pup (near 70 now) they were very common. You could hear them about any where after dark. Now, not so much. I haven't heard one lately, in fact, possibly in a handful of years. I can remember seeing them in the forest roads after dark, or before dawn. Their eyes glow bright in your headlights. They would flutter up in front of the truck. I once hit one and popped one of its eyes. I took it home to see if it was going to be ok. After a bit it acted more feisty, so I took it outside and turned it loose. It fluttered way up into one of the big pines in my yard and lit on a fat branch and sit lengthways on it like they do. They have tiny little beaks, but if they open their mouth you could toss a walnut down their gullet. Neat birds.


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