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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:10:27 AM EDT
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All over Crestview Fl in the 80-90’s when I lived there. Cool birds.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:14:56 AM EDT
[Last Edit: braapJob]
[#2]
I’ve legitimately never heard of this bird or heard its call until I got out of suburbia hell. One day I was outside at night cleaning up after my kid and in the process of walking into my barn, had one “stalk” me. Had no fucking idea what it was and my wife still makes fun of me that I got “scared” of a stupid little bird.
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:58:44 AM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MinnFinn: Yep. I sleep like a baby with loud frogs, crickets, loons, etc. Whippoorwills are annoying as fuck when I'm trying to sleep. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MinnFinn: Originally Posted By Ridgerunner9876: It's nice for about 5 minutes. Then, 4 hours later at 2 am and I'm trying to sleep in my tent and there is still a CONSTANT "whipoorwill, whipoorwill, whipoorwill" and I'm ready to break out the shotgun and thermals.  Yep. I sleep like a baby with loud frogs, crickets, loons, etc. Whippoorwills are annoying as fuck when I'm trying to sleep. Dont forget the spring peepers. I made a song.  https://suno.com/song/f1790178-27cd-4df0-bb09-2d7925b4609b |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 12:06:11 PM EDT
[#4]
 Dean Martin & Ricky Nelson - My Rifle, My Pony & Me/Cindy |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 12:12:38 PM EDT
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:44:40 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pavil58ar: Seldom hear them anymore. I guess the habitat has been overrun with houses and the like. Just like the Bobwhites. A shame. The Meadowlarks seem to have lessened in quantity too. I enjoyed seeing those guys take off. Sort of ungainly looking. Sometimes it's nice to live in the middle of nowhere. I'm literally surrounded by 300k acres of pine forest and farmland. Guess how many times someone has called the law for me shooting. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:46:31 PM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lovetohunt: They make some great sleeping music. I rarely hear them now but they were here when I was a kid. At the moment I'm listening to a few Bob White's and a couple mocking birds trying to be Bob's. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:47:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bandhunter: Tell them that. It was 5am Here at least. Makes no sense why. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 1:58:10 PM EDT
[#9]
They do a flip every time they make their call.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 2:07:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AzzFaceKillah]
[#10]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By onemangang: They do a flip every time they make their call. Ol' Richie Rich got nods or therms or some shit y'all!! Get him!!!🙂 |
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USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 2:14:09 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Seabee_Mech: One of my favorite memories of living in Maine is listening to the Loons on the lake as the sun is setting, when the wind calms down and the water is like glass. Eerie and beautiful at the same time.  John Prine - Crazy as a Loon - Fair & Square & the worst would be black fly season
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 2:15:49 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AzzFaceKillah]
[#12]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hbilly:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjZMVxzaNYo& the worst would be black fly season The North is full of hijacking loons. This is no surprise. |
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MO, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 2:18:41 PM EDT
[#13]
I like them right up until they are right outside my tent at 1AM.
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USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 2:43:14 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AzzFaceKillah: The North is full of hijacking loons. This is no surprise.  Attached FileKnow any more songs about whippoorwills? Town in Ohio by that name though. Relax bub |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 2:43:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: spidey07]
[#15]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Johnny_Utah_88: you must have some big ass hummingbirds in your hood https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/200198/images__1__jpeg-3202008.JPG You’ll never actually see them. Their camo is perfect. Maybe that’s why they’re so loud? Yall can’t see me! But you’re gonna hear me. Chuck will widow is cool as hell. You can hear them from miles away.  Chuck-will's-widow Song |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 2:49:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By colklink: Wonder how old Randy Travis is doing these days. I know he had a stroke. Then before that he was arrested for being found drunk on the steps of a Baptist church. Dude has some demons. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By colklink: Originally Posted By 1badf350: All i know is that Randy’s love is longer than the song of one Wonder how old Randy Travis is doing these days. I know he had a stroke. Then before that he was arrested for being found drunk on the steps of a Baptist church. Dude has some demons. 
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USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 2:57:47 PM EDT
[#17]
 Jerry Jeff Walker - little bird |
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MS, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 3:06:11 PM EDT
[#18]
The tempo of that call in the video in the original message sounds a little faster than what I remember them sounding like around here.
I didn't know they were the size of a hummingbird I thought they were bigger than that. But I admit I don't know I've ever seen one. But I've heard plenty and that sounded a rapid to me. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 3:14:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: spidey07]
[#19]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Wildfowler: The tempo of that call in the video in the original message sounds a little faster than what I remember them sounding like around here. I didn't know they were the size of a hummingbird I thought they were bigger than that. But I admit I don't know I've ever seen one. But I've heard plenty and that sounded a rapid to me. Agree. Call is much slower here in KY. Birds do have dialects depending on area. A robin in KY will sound different than AL. Same call, but subtly different. They learn the calls from other birds in the area. Which is how you get the slight variations. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 3:30:15 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryFilm that it came from. Good watch if you haven't seen it.  Robert Mitchum - Thunder Road |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 3:37:12 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Wildfowler: The tempo of that call in the video in the original message sounds a little faster than what I remember them sounding like around here. I didn't know they were the size of a hummingbird I thought they were bigger than that. But I admit I don't know I've ever seen one. But I've heard plenty and that sounded a rapid to me. They alternate. They'll go slow at first, so as to lure them hoes in. I don't think the females even make a sound at all. Them little fuckers just sing till they arrive. They show up, he shows out and the rest is history. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 3:47:17 PM EDT
[#22]
Around here we have two types of "Nightjars" - Chuck-will’s-widow, and the more common Eastern Whippoorwill.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 4:08:28 PM EDT
[#23]
I hear them where I live also. Awesome
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Posted: 4/30/2024 4:11:54 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By osprey21: Around here we have two types of "Nightjars" - Chuck-will’s-widow, and the more common Eastern Whippoorwill. I had a chuck will widow in a tree not 20 feet from me at night outside. That fucker was loud. Chuck! WILL WIDOW!! I was like what the fuck was that? |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 4:20:01 PM EDT
[#25]
Ever have a whipoorwill perch on a gutter over an open window that you are sleeping next to at 2am?
It is NOT possible to sleep! And no, they are not the size of Hummingbirds. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 4:21:57 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CZ75_9MM: Yep, that and the barred owls. I was woke up by that this morning right outside my window. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbL-LfGNMl4We have those at my club property. I actually saw one do a low pass over the grass in front of me through a thermal while coyote hunting at night. THAT was just freakin cool. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 4:25:59 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Frank_B: Film that it came from. Good watch if you haven't seen it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1CYKDoYCIMWhats not to like about fast cars, moonshine, & gun play?  Good flick |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 4:35:41 PM EDT
[#28]
I've had one of those hanging around a tree by my living room to destroy my TV time, then over to the other end of the house by my bedroom to keep me awake all night.
Noisy repetitious bastards... |
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USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 4:49:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: hbilly]
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AzzFaceKillah: The North is full of hijacking loons. This is no surprise.  Bird Song (Live in Veneta, Oregon 8/27/72) 
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Posted: 4/30/2024 4:52:13 PM EDT
[#30]
 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (1949) by Hank Williams |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/30/2024 7:30:04 PM EDT
[#31]
North Alabama / Ga you turn of the porch light watch the fireflies and listen to the night birds sing. That's just about right.
I will say ..Ive seen one and around here they're pretty big birds. Slightly larger than a Robin. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 2:08:25 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Frank_B: Film that it came from. Good watch if you haven't seen it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1CYKDoYCIMThat's what made me think of it. It was on TCM awhile back -------------------- you can REALLY tell the kid is his...! |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 2:48:36 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kennyrock12: My favorite has always been the red-wing blackbird. When they show up, spring is coming on fast. My wife is the same. We both can't wait to hear em! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3QicOAiBXkWe have 87 of them living in the treeline behind our house. Between them and all the Finches, Wrens, Chickadees, Mourning Doves and Grackles. I'm going through four bucks worth of birdseed every day. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 2:55:23 AM EDT
[#34]
I can't believe everyone overlooked this Whippoorwill song.
 Whippoorwill |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 3:04:51 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AzzFaceKillah: Sometimes it's nice to live in the middle of nowhere. I'm literally surrounded by 300k acres of pine forest and farmland. Guess how many times someone has called the law for me shooting. Yes, I here a whipporwill pretty often. I also have 2 barred owl couples close to the house. Only know that cause I saw all four at dusk one night this winter. Now that it is mating season, they are very vocal. Caught a big bobcat on a trail came right behind my house last week. Country life is pretty nice. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 3:07:22 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By T1NMAN: North Alabama / Ga you turn of the porch light watch the fireflies and listen to the night birds sing. That's just about right. I will say ..Ive seen one and around here they're pretty big birds. Slightly larger than a Robin. Usually sleep in the dirt roads here at night. Scare them up, if you're out riding at night. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 5:29:20 AM EDT
[#37]
When I here them I know warm weather is right around the corner.
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MA, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 5:46:46 AM EDT
[Last Edit: berettabaker]
[#38]
Whippoorwill is mentioned in this one. One of my favorites of his.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzvUfJSoWr8&ab_channel=HankWilliamsJr.-Topic |
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USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 6:15:34 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BikerNut: I can't believe everyone overlooked this Whippoorwill song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt2z4zv_DqUNice, never heard that. & I like ozark mt. daredevils |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 6:41:48 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sandblaster: When I here them I know warm weather is right around the corner. It may hold true. I've noticed it. They're right there with my little hummingbirds and mocking birds. Always after the last frost. . They stay all through the summer and into the fall. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 7:51:48 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Panta_Rei: Definitely reminds me of childhood. Most ground nesting migratory birds are in massive decline. Sometimes I would actually see them in the gravel roads before sun up. A big reason for that is cats, and I like birds way more. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 7:57:48 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 21usernamechecksout: The sound of the mourning dove takes me back to my childhood. Growing up in the south. I never hear them here in the NW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOZmkZ72ISIWe have them all over here in Northern Idaho, about an hour North of Spokane. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 8:15:55 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AzzFaceKillah]
[#43]
Accidental discharge.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 8:16:27 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 56cbr600rr: All over Crestview Fl in the 80-90’s when I lived there. Cool birds. Never spent much time there but, when I did, it put an impression on me. @ 56cbr600rr |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 8:58:41 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sandblaster: When I here them I know warm weather is right around the corner. It is a good indicator of warm weather. Think I'll try and lure some in for recording. Will post back. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 8:45:50 PM EDT
[#46]
I jumped this one up one day walking in the woods. I've seen smaller ones before, but this one was crow-sized or larger (10 to 12 inches in overall length). I assume it's a Whip-poor-will, but I guess it could be something else in the Nightjar family. When I first stopped to look at it, I wasn't sure what in the world it was.
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Posted: 5/2/2024 8:55:15 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stringburner: I jumped this one up one day walking in the woods. I've seen smaller ones before, but this one was crow-sized or larger (10 to 12 inches in overall length). I assume it's a Whip-poor-will, but I guess it could be something else in the Nightjar family. When I first stopped to look at it, I wasn't sure what in the world it was. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/329797/1000003869_jpg-3204088.JPG Desire to buy nightjar Camo intensifies. |
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