Terry,  If you want more whip-poor-wills, there was one in Waltham  
that I was hearing up to about a week ago.  I was quite close to my  
house one evening.  [In my home bird diary I noted one on the same  
date 10 years ago.]  I live on an west facing slope just north of Buck  
Mountain.  A neighbor actually almost stepped on one a few years ago  
in the woods up above us.

If you are interested I can let you know if I hear it again.  It may  
have moved on.

Don Ross

Quoting Terry Wright <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hi Greg,
>
> I've been meaning to get down there as we did not net any birds in the
> Whippoorwill survey I did in Hinesburg.  Where in Brandond did you   
> hear/see  the
> birds?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry
>
>
> In a message dated 5/25/2008 11:37:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Just  after dusk fell at Long Swamp Road in Brandon I heard one
> WHIP-POOR-WILL  calling quite loudly a short ways off. At that moment I
> imagined the bird  perched along a branch in the stand of trees from which I
> heard it calling  and flashlight in hand I made my way into the woods in the
> hopes of seeing  it. The bird continued to call and shortly I noticed
> something fluttering a  few feet off the ground, weaving back and forth a
> couple times;  I  could make out light flashes on a generally dark blur. It
> was quiet for a  few minutes as I scanned the spot with my binoculars in one
> hand and the  flashlight in the other. I couldn't locate the bird on the
> ground where it  appeared to have landed but eventually I heard it or another
> calling  farther off.
> I've no previous experience with Whips and the fact that they  nest on the
> forest floor slipped my mind in the moment, so I'm hoping I  didn't harm them
> in any way by venturing back into what I now believe is  the breeding site.
>
> Back on the road I headed in the direction of the  same or another bird
> calling. This time the bird was a little ways off the  road out in the swamp.
> When I was probably twenty feet away, standing on  the road, the Whip stopped
> calling and a minute later I was surprised by a  dark form passing within 10
> feet of me and then disappearing further up the  road.
>
> Also of interest at Long Swamp, as I made my way up the road in  the
> direction of the Whip I noticed a round shape just ahead of me. I  trained my
> binoculars on the shape and lo it was Woodcock, who then set  about peenting
> as if it were scolding me, its body shaking comically with  indignation with
> each peent!
>
> An earlier sighting: TENNESSEE WARBLER  on Zoon Road in Middlesex.
>
>
>
>
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