Whippoorwill

[Realist101100]

Thank you Sir, for this little treat. I miss my country home in southern Indiana where I heard these birds all the time! I could sleep to this if I could somehow tape it to run for a few hours! Thanks again...susan

[jb0579]

Thank you!! I used to lay awake as a child 35 years ago and listen to them, and they'd drive me CRAZY!! Now the sound soothes me, suggesting a time when life was easier, less complicated, and safe. What a great feeling! Thanks again!!

[Quaaludedude714]

you can see why I called it Whippoorwill ? :) QC

[CrowBanjo37]

I knew it was Kentucky...My family is from Kentucky and I used to here whipoorwhills calling all the time there ( havent been back during spring or summer in a while ) I used to hear them calling from the hillside behind my uncles farm in Ohio county Kentucky near a little place called "Adaburg" I call it a place...its just a few houses of the side of the road LOL

[CrowBanjo37]

I have family in Kentucky and I used to hear these late in the evenings and at night in Ky its one of my fav birds

[oxking0815]

You REALLY shouldn't read the Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft...

Seriously: JUST DON'T DO THAT!

[sabertooth1980]

And then I fell to the Wyrm. D: Thanks alot.

[w0lffang]

@sabertooth1980 yay for Black Spiral Dancers!

[sabertooth1980]

@w0lffang PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT! Glass Walkers All the Way!

[lewisbreland]

Haunting.

[TheClumsyMimi]

my friend described this bird's call to me, and now hearing it for real.... i am SOOOOO disappointed

[ihatecolereynolds]

I'm probably going to piss everyone off by posting this, but...

When the whippoorwill, whippers in the wind, the wind can whipper back, OH NICE AND CHUBBY BABY!

I'm sorry... I had to.

[lwsroughneck]

@ihatecolereynolds

 LMAO

[whippoorwillful]

Thanks for posting. For such and elusive and shy bird, the call of the whippie is so robust, elemental; I relish their song at twilight in summer; but sadly their numbers are declining due to feral cats, habitat destruction, noise and light pollution etc. I have yet to spy one live. Sing it, caprimulugs vociferous!

[freedomallsentients]

I love whippoorwills and they are becoming endangered due to habitat encroachment. As well as roaming cats and other animals. Beautiful birds.

[GEORGIA97]

You're lucky. I had one living outside my place that would start at 3:00 a.m.!

[xMidnightWolf306]

They say if you hear this at night that means something bad is going to happen

like getting ticks.. lol



[shanfan1979]

I think this is a really cool sound. I don't get to hear these birds where I live. I only hear doves sing which I love to listen too as well. I could fall asleep to any bird singing.

[Sronce8]

i live in illinois and i miss the sound of this bird. heard it my whole life now there gone i think because of all the cats that people get and then let have hundreds of babies then they get out and kill them off like every other bird species.wish i could find some eggs to reintroduce them

[3inthemornin]

I just love to hear them,it is so peaceful sounding.Right now it is 9:00pm here,and i set out on my front pourch just to hear them call back to one another.I just love the country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[ViolettMichelle904]

i have a whippoorwill that shows up in the woods behind my house every summer. i love listenin to him at night <3

[KevieProductions]

I love listening to this bird.  I leave my window open on late summer nights and fall asleep to his beautiful singing.

[rowdyloudy2]

Love whippoorwills.

[mes5961]

I grew up falling asleep to the lovely whippoorwill in Alabama,but there are none where I live in NC,even though 35 miles away the sing at my daughters house nightly.

[aboriginiblues]

it almost sounds like a car alarm...

[TheZomglolcats]

Now Imagine trying to sleep with 12 whippoorwills singing together while outside in a sleeping bag.

[KrazyTea8]

Almost sounds like a modern car alarm

[Verminiis]

I would hear this every night as I fell asleep when I'd stay with my dad out in northwestern Arkansas. I miss hearing it so bad now that I moved to Tulsa.

[Verminiis]

I would hear this everynight as I fell asleep when I'd stay with my dad out in northwestern Arkansas. I miss hearing it so bad now that I moved to Tulsa.

[Verminiis]

I would hear this everynight as I fell asleep when I'd stay with my dad out in northwestern Arkansas. I miss hearing it so bad now that I moved to Tulsa.

[mwb52888]

I've never heard one call so rapidly before.

[rabidpensfan]

@mwb52888

I sit outside and listen to these guys all spring long, I've heard the same bird call quickly and then slowly within all within a two minute time frame. Not sure why they do this. But, sometimes, it is if they mess up and get ahead of themselves skipping a note. Usually, this is when they stop and fly on to another location. What a nice song to fall asleep to.

[Sronce8]

@rabidpensfan i grew up by a lake and would here tons of them now there are none.ive ask around for years trying to find eggs or birds to reintroduce them here.no luck tho.



[godilovehockey]

Whippoorwills used to be beautiful to me. Then I read The Dunwich Horror and now they freak me out.

[LadyLecter47]

@godilovehockey I was going to comment about the same thing but saw your post first ... I don't like that song anymore ...

[kristiepat]

Love the sound of this bird we had a clubhouse in belle mo. And i use to sleep to this sound and others in our group couldn't stand it and would go out and shoot up at the trees and all I could think was that's not any better than the bird. The birds way better.

[unaffiliatedperson]

he sounds too blue to fly

[EricBBrandon1]

This is such a heavenly sound! Crickets in the background. I could have some of the best quality of sleep with such sounds! Coming from Georgia, you don't hear them as much anymore. But when I moved to North Dakota, after getting out of the Army to go to college, I had sleepless nights...no sounds at night...just the wind blowing. That drove me nuts!

[danykabyrnes]

This reminds me of my childhood.

I could sleep to this beautiful sound.

[agricola]

whipoorwill car alarm

[KevinJonasFan13]

I love these things. Every year when they show up I just go outside and listen to them.

[RobbytheLion]

What is the honking noise coming at regular intervals?

[lwsroughneck]

@RobbytheLion not sure what honking noise you mean, i hear frogs crickets and other birds.

[RobbytheLion]

@lwsroughneck If you can't hear it then it's probably just my crappy speakers picking up on a recording artifact or something. It's a good recording anyway, he's just singing away isn't he? I wish we had them in my state, our nights are dead silent.

[agricola]

@RobbytheLion  bullfrog

[LittleBirdArlines]

@RobbytheLion ah I hear it too. No idea what it is though

[whippoorwillful]

@RobbytheLion

The honking is actually a gulping sound in between their calls. it is incredible to hear close up.

[southport97]

They do that ALL night long lol. One of the downsides to living in the country. All the strange and weird noises coming out of the woods.

[unaffiliatedperson]

bird calls are one of those nature sounds i like. i think also crickets and cicadas.

[6V92TA]

sounds like an alarm clock.

[TheMrwieland]

thanx for the demo bud,, that would drive me nuts

[erikmann]

@TheMrwieland

its actually a cheerful song, and it usually isnt so fast paced. this was probably looped. at least they dont sing this fast in northwest georgia. most of the time it isnt that loud, they wont usually stay so close to a home, so it can barely be heard at night.

whenever you hear one, you know summer is here

[jennel802009]

@erikmann

I know right. What part of nw georgia are you in?

[erikmann]

@jennel802009

i live in chattooga county, up in the northwest corner, near a town called summerville

[jennel802009]

@erikmann

I know where Summerville is. There is a nice place down there to go fishing. I can't remember what the name of the place is, but me and my sister went down there. It was really pretty. I don't live far from Summerville. I live in the Carpet Capital of the World. I know that I don't need to tell you more, because if you are from NW GA, then you know where it is. Nice to meet you.

[erikmann]

@jennel802009

you are probably talking about sloppy floyd state park.

i go to dalton all the time, usually if i have a kidney stone or need a ER visit, its hamilton Medica center i go to. wait times arent very long there.

[jennel802009]

@erikmann

Yeah, I guess that's the name of it. Have you ever been to Murray Medical Center? Their wait times are shorter than Hamilton.

[erikmann]

@jennel802009

last time i was there it was like september.

i have always had pretty good luck getting back quickly at Hamilton though.

it really just depends on how bad off i am and where i am at when it hits me.

what kinda work do you do?

do you actually live in dalton?

[jennel802009]

@erikmann

Yeah. I live in Dalton. I work at a gas station.

[Federal3t22]

@erikmann what you are probably hearing was a very similar bird called a Chuck Will's Widow. Like the Whip Poor Will they also sing their name in a slower pace than the Whip Poor Will, Offten fron a distance you won't hear the "chuck" part of the song. I use to hear them all the time when I lived in NC.

[bkmarrs]

I love that sound. Thanks for sharing.

[brianwilliam420]

this bird sits on my front deck every night in the summer and my window is right beside it...it was me up ever morning around 2:00 am....even with the windows open..it drives me crazy someitmes

[joe12h]

i have the like the same bird its so annoying -.-

[stairwaytoheaven22]

@thehiprockermon , lol, I'm sorry but I have to laugh at that, lol. That's the funniest thing I've heard in a long time. lol

[ar4216]

@thehiprockermon

HaHa!

[TapesTree]

@thehiprockermon Lol, that is a hilarious comment. Thanks for that!

[The1AndOnlyDJay]

Wow, this brings back so many memories of being at my grandparents farm in WV during the summer nights. All you need are some katydids chirping in the background and I would swear I was back there. Thanks for sharing!

[KudrowCastellanos]

I was raised in Georgia for 8 years of my life. Now i live in south texas, i've been living here for 5 years, and listening to that whippoorwill brings back many memories. i missed that sound.

[stairwaytoheaven22]

@KudrowCastellanos ~Savannah here. I know that is a beautiful sound at night. Makes me feel like I'm in a jungle. They are so active.

[OldsLSSL67]

What state is this?

[lwsroughneck]

Kentucky

[Oliviaruth16]

@lwsroughneck Lol Cool I'm N KY As Well We Have 1 That Sits On Our Sidewalk Outside & Sings I Love These Birds & When I Was Little I Used 2 B Afraid Of Them But Not Nemore Thanx 4 Posting

[pearldrumsarecool]

I remember I got scared the shit out of by one of those things walking up to my nanas house to go get supper this was about 9:30 and anyway I saw this huge ass bird up under the light thats on the telephone pole and it looked like a huge teradactal but then i heard it doing that whiperweel noise but we hear all the time here in Georgia i live on a tree farm a huge one and they are always chirping at night

[superstargamer]

kool

[BassinK9]

There's a few of them around my house here in North Georgia..... pretty cool listening to them call to each other at night.

[errorparrot]

Neat. I always wondered what these sounded like, and now I know. =) These birds apparently live much farther north than I do.

[mathfunk]

Five feathery stars!! Beakliscious!!

[phantompilot1082]

I grew up falling asleep to the song of a whippoorwill. Now that I live in Chicago I miss it.

[parallelpinkparakeet]

You can say that again. There was a whippoorwill that lived just outside my house, and I remember hearing him when I left my window open at night. Then I moved to Philly and have been missing it ever since.

[nighthawk41]

Has anyone read Dunwich Horror by lovecraft?

Nevermind...

[Kekauket]

Yes. Yes I have read it. These days, however, they're probably not enough whippoorwills in Massachusetts to carry off the souls of evil magicians. Iä Cthulhu...

[kleetus92]

They are something to experience, no doubt, but they can be loud for all the bigger they are! And they're curious too!

[MustBAG]

Thanks for sharing, I wish I still had one living close to the house. I never only found the call a bother when I was coon hunting & couldn't hear the dogs sounded off a couple of hollows away for the whippoorwill in the staging area.

[nightwheel]

I feel your pain dude. Many years ago, every time I with fishing with the cub scouts at this one place. One of those would continually do that all night long.