The sound of the whippoorwill is becoming very rare, even in the country, but we hear them every evening in the spring. Now you can, too. If you’ve never heard a whippoorwill before, turn it up and listen for the more distant sound, beyond the crickets and frogs.
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The whippoorwill was definately there in the background…hubby says thank you!
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Addictive Iphone app…puts me to sleep every night.
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~~HUGS~~
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Growing up in St. Pete’s “outback” and again when I lived out in the country in Monticello – outside of Tallahassee, FL, I had whippoorwills galore. And our frogs were tree frogs that sounded like ducks quaking. I now live “in the city” (if you can call a place with 7 lights and 2 streets a “city”) and there are no whippoorwills, or crickets or frogs. I miss the sounds of the night. Traffic and EMS vehicles do NOT count!
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That everlasting — sings!
Whose galleries — are Sunrise —
Whose Opera — the Springs —
Whose Emerald Nest the Ages spin
Of mellow — murmuring thread —
Whose Beryl Egg, what Schoolboys hunt
In “Recess” — Overhead!
A feather from the Whippoorwill by Emily Dickinson
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I enjoyed the whipporwill singing.
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Here is a source where you can hear the whippoorwill. He’s a bit loud but I still love to hear it.
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I too grew up hearing this sound at night as I was going to bed. Or, when up late with my brothers fishing down at the creek.
I don’t hear them anymore where I live, so this was a real treat and brought back some pleasant memories for me.
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