Whipporwill in the woods

[mystiquesword]

ok...so not what i expected. i thought it was a long haunting cry...due to songs by say alan jackson & a few others. but if that truly is a whippoorwill...id probably either shoot it or myself just to hear silence LOL sounds just like my neighbors doves really coo cooo COO coo coo COO!

anyway...at least i know what they sound like.

[CrowBanjo37]

I remember earing them in western Kentucky. They say up in the NE USA the whipoorwhills have been in decline.

[RoadNasty]

They were very common in western Mass. back in the 60's when I was a kid, now you never hear them anymore.

[AmongstWildflowers]

One of my fav backwoods sounds *wink*

[wehrmonnger]

Yea, that call is all elegant and shit when you are camping. When one lives in the woods around your house prattling all night, you dream of flamethrowers, that is if you can sleep at all.

[meluvchris418]

thank you!i have been trying to determine what that bird was for 4 years now!we have them here in north carolina too!so sweet!

[mrstisdale2010]

When i was about 5 or 6 years old me and my dad and step mom would go outside and listen to these what i know now are birds i always thought that it was some kind of dog or something but i love this sounds

[mcguitarqueen]

So beautiful, and yet, so annoying ;)

Thanks for sharing!

[Orencia1680]

I got one out in the back behind the shed. It's amazing just to sit and listen to it :) and I'm in Alabama! Ain't nothing better than the sound of a whippoorwill

[septemberknuckles]

Whippoorwills=Amazing

[streetzack]

man i hate those birds they be in my backyard alot thinkin its a alarm or somethin

[angelroma]

Here this every summer when camping in West Virginia in the Monongahela National forest(I highly recommend it, esp Blue Bend area).

[117kls]

I have one that comes out every night in Maine. Before I knew what it was, I just called it "Crazy Bird". The name has just sort of stuck! I definitely can wake you from a dead sleep!

[twinstickpete]

We have 'em here in Jersey too!! I could listen to them all night long.

[kennyshay123]

I meant to record this bird also. But I'm always hammered when I hear it!

[Bigben1984]

I remember hearing this kind of bird chirping for a while out in Western Maryland in the middle of the night when I was camping and some teenage guy yelled at the bird to shut up

[redf150guy]

Okay thanks. That's one of my favorite areas of the state.

[redf150guy]

When we went camping up in Vilas County Wisconsin back in June we would hear these for a couple hours straight and then they would suddenly be quiet. Where in northern Wisconsin was this recorded by?

[max10345]

It was recorded just inside of eastern Forest County near Goodman Park.

[max10345]

Whipoorwill call-blasting:

I downloaded some Whippoorwill sounds to my mp3 player and plugged it into my car, cranked it up with all the doors open and I brought him right to the tree where I had my car parked from about a quarter mile away in less than a minute. Cool.

[nodlon20]

I love hearing them, when my parents lived

in western NC one would come and perch on

the handrail on the front porch and sing his

heart out! It takes me back to those wonderful days! Thanks for sharing!

[rusda2]

thanks so much for posting this. I have meant to record these myself but I never get around to it.

[PleasureGallows]

YOG SOTHOTH!!!!!!!!

[justindane123]

i love the sound of a whippoorwill!! It takes me back to a time when I would sit on the back porch during those hot summer nights with my grandparents in Kentucky.

[evan22303]

I love that sound they make. We have them in NC too.

[imahokieartist]

I heard one tonight for the first time. I've always wanted to...and I live near the city. I love those birds! Thanks for posting

[ejthedj12]

Man I hate these things! When I go backpacking in the Adirondacks, they keep me up all night.

[rusda2]

are you kidding? love to hear these at night when camping, puts me to sleep.

[countrygirlfilms]

its because they know you hate them

:)