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Heard the first whip-poor-will of the season

Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:06 am
Posted by pioneerbasketball
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Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:06 am
Last night.
Posted by OK Roughneck
The Sooner State
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Posted on 4/25/24 at 8:57 am to
That's one of my favorite birds. I saw some the other day.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:18 am to
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whip-poor-will


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Posted by paperwasp
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Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:47 am to
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Posted by SRV
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Posted on 4/25/24 at 11:03 am to
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Posted by Red Boarman
Member since Oct 2023
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Posted on 4/25/24 at 11:06 am to
In the distance, it will sing you to sleep. Overhead, it will drive you to throw rocks.
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Posted on 4/25/24 at 2:28 pm to
Did it sound too blue to fly?

This post was edited on 4/25/24 at 2:29 pm
Posted by DrDenim
By the airport
Member since Sep 2022
455 posts
Posted on 4/26/24 at 7:09 pm to
I have been hearing the lonely whippoorwill song for a few weeks now.

Also, I saw 1 single solitary firefly 3 nights ago. Not only was it odd to see a firefly at all, but to only see 1!?! I even waited around for several minutes to see if it lit up again or maybe there were others?
Nothing.
I'm telling myself it's the last firefly on Earth and he's very sad because he's lonely, and I've named him Pancho.

Every night I walk around and look for him, haven't seen him again so I fear he died, or maybe he he's off chasing female firefly arse somewhere else. Either way, Godspeed Pancho.
Posted by FlyDownTheField83
Auburn AL
Member since Dec 2021
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Posted on 4/26/24 at 9:59 pm to
Cool story bro….
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
27995 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 12:43 am to
Are you sure it wasn't a Chuck Will's Widow?
They sound very similar and most folks don't know the difference.
This post was edited on 4/27/24 at 12:51 am
Posted by DrDenim
By the airport
Member since Sep 2022
455 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 12:58 am to
Tonight I saw 3 (THREE!) fireflies in such close succession that they must have been 3 distinct fireflies. PANCHO HAS A CHANCE! (Unless they're all dudes, then I guess not)
Posted by DrDenim
By the airport
Member since Sep 2022
455 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 1:29 am to
That's fascinating! I think I have a Chuck-will's widow, not a whippoorwill. I'll have to do some recordings and comparisons and maybe try to put eyes on the bird I'm hearing. It's mostly active with the singing at night, so it'll be tough.
Posted by Cheese Grits
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Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:20 am to
quote:

quote:

Heard the first whip-poor-will of the season


quote:

pioneerbasketball



But was your Spidey Sense tingling?



Posted by paperwasp
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Posted on 5/2/24 at 5:50 pm to
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your Spidey Sense

Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
132389 posts
Posted on 5/2/24 at 10:02 pm to
Saw the first lightning bugs. Probably around 30 or so
Posted by HogPharmer
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Posted on 5/3/24 at 12:26 pm to
Posted by WonderWartHawg
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Posted on 5/6/24 at 8:47 pm to
They usually show up the 2nd to 3rd week of April at my place.
Posted by Jmcc64
alabama
Member since Apr 2021
537 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 12:56 pm to
yep about 2 weeks ago. to drive us nuts. they sometimes sit in the middle of the gravel road at dusk. solid black/brown.
Posted by FittySeven
Member since Mar 2020
234 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 2:28 pm to
I've been hearing them for the last couple of weeks.. Making me look at my camping equipment real close
Posted by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
7113 posts
Posted on 5/9/24 at 2:56 pm to
Have had them at our place for about a month. I introduced my daughter to them a couple of weeks ago. She was fascinated.

They are mean little bastards. I worked at a private school in Atlanta for a couple of years and there was one nesting on the front lawn...that little bastard chased those rich folks around like they was field hands.
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