Date: 5/9/25 3:54 am From: Ian Worley <iworley...> Subject: [VTBIRD] Whip-poor-will. Southern end of Snake Mountain, Bridport
While night birding at the southern end of Snake mountain, at 3:33 AM last night, I heard nearby a Whip-poor-will start calling at a location above our house, and about 1400 feet south of the well-known Cerulean Warbler location. Here fifty years ago Whip-poor-wills were frequently heard by us. But then for decades they were absent. In 2011 we again heard an individual at this time of year; and have continued to hear individual birds in mid-spring every year. This corresponds with the return of breeders along Snake Mountain Road in Weybridge, 1.5 miles to the north. Now a look at the species map shows a healthy abundance of reports all along the eastern, lower slopes, of Snake Mountain.
