Date: 8/21/25 9:15 am From: Dorothy Anderson <andersondorothy72...> Subject: Re: [MASSBIRD] Never before in nearly 86 years -a Whip-poor-will
So great to hear that!
On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM Dana Fox <dana.fox1939...> wrote:
> It was 8:55 pm on July 19th at my cabin on the western shore of Lower
> Beech Pond in Tuftonboro NH on a warm summer's night. All the windows and
> the screen doors were open. I was sitting facing the front of the cabin
> about 5 feet in and Bob was sitting closer facing inward.
>
> Suddenly, a loud call erupted from the Mountain Cranberry Bush 10 feet
> away. There is a 5 foot wide deck, this 15 foot tall Bush and then the
> lake. So close. I pished to get Bob's attention and actually saw it drop
> down in that crespuscular light.
>
> I was astounded as never before and that is in 86 years next week had I
> had a Whip here. Mature hemlock, red maples, Beech, spruce, and birch are
> the trees around me.
>
> In my early youth, you could here them about a half mile away and a more
> open area and younger trees. That was a while ago.
>
> A moment I will not forget. It just shows you always can discover new
> things even if it is only post breeding dispersal!
>
> Dana Duxbury-Fox
> Center Tuftonboro NH and
> North Andover MA
>
