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Here in the Texas Hill Country we have its relative the 
Chuck Wills Widow whose call is often mistaken for a 
Whiporwill. One that takes residence each spring in the 
arroyo arrived last week. Apparently we are at the 
westernmost edge of it's habitat, so it is considered rare 
for our area, and a treat to hear from our garden chairs 
at sundown.

--Sage
Way Out in Texas

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:13:47 -0500
 Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
> On Apr 22, 2008, at 8:05 PM, roxann wrote:
>
> > And I've been hearing whiporwills :) I love it when they 
> > start their  
> > calls, but sometimes the chorus of them can get so loud 
> > at night  
> > that I can't get to sleep.
>
> I need help on this whippoorwill thing. My memory of 
> them in Wisconsin  
> is that their sound trailed off at the end: 
> whippoorwillllllll. Here  
> in southern Missouri it is a hard, insistent sound, with 
> the last of  
> the three sounds up a couple notes. Quite jarring and 
> unpleasant to my  
> ear. Anyone know if there are two whippoorwills? Or 
> shall we simply  
> attribute my confusion to my imperfect memory?
>
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