We are waiting to hear the whippoorwill that we've heard the last two years 
 since we've moved here to Sudbury. Seems it's still a bit early but we'll 
post  when we hear him. We're located in Sudbury just off 73 between Brandon 
and  Rt.30- this hill is actually the very end of the Taconic Mt. 
range...My husband  , who works for the NRCS, has notified the state wildlife 
biologist so that they  are aware of the location ....
Michelle 
 
 
In a message dated 5/11/2009 11:10:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Kay and  Rob,

There are only a couple of known locations in northeastern Vermont  with 
Whips, and there are certainly many fewer Whips statewide than there  
used to be, based on the Breeding Bird Atlas and on countless informal  
reports from folks like you. Our annual statewide Whip survey found only  
16 singing males last year. A report for the survey effort for the  
entire northeast can be found on the January 2, 2009 post on VCE's blog:  
http://vtecostudies.blogspot.com/2008/12/nightjar-monitoring-report.html

By  the way, there are routes that need volunteers this year, 
particularly in  West Haven, Fair Haven, and Wells. Please email me 
directly if you can  help out. A survey entails a couple of hours on one 
night between 30 May  and 15 June.

Roz Renfrew
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
>  Date:    Sun, 10 May 2009 10:22:40 -0400
> From:     Kay Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re:  whippoorwills
>
>  Any notice of whippoorwills farther north  in VT?
>
> Rob was fond of listening to these birds when he was  growing up in 
Saxton's River in the 30s but has not heard them since he  returned to VT in the 
past decade.? Rob and Kay in  Hinesburg
>
>    


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