Date: 4/15/25 9:04 pm From: Chase Darr <darrcm...> Subject: Pershing State Park Whip-poor-will 04/12
Greetings all!
A delayed sighting, but it's been a busy start to the week. While camping at Pershing State Park, I heard at least 1 EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL calling near the tree line around my campsite. The park staff seem to be maintaining a decent savannah habitat in the park, which would support nightjars being able to fly around. This was my first observation of a Whip-poor-will since May 2009(!) at my parent's house in a heavily wooded part of central Arkansas. It's nice to finally encounter one after spending the last 15 years fretting over their decline and increasingly limited habitat and range.
Cheers and good birding,
Chase
Columbia, Boone County, MO (birding in Linn County)
darrcm AT missouri DOT edu
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