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whippoorwill: see goatsucker goatsucker, common name for nocturnal or crepuscular birds of the order Caprimulgiformes, which includes the frogmouth, the oilbird, potoos, and nightjars. Goatsuckers are medium in size and are found in the temperate and tropical zones of both hemispheres. ..... Click the link for more information. . whippoorwillSpecies (Caprimulgus vociferus) of nocturnal North American bird, similar to the nightjar, named for its resonant “whip-poor-will” call (first and third syllables accented), which it may repeat 400 times without stopping. It lives in woods near open country, where it catches insects on the wing around dusk and dawn. By day it sleeps on the forest floor or perches lengthwise on a branch. About 10 in. (25 cm) long, it has mottled brownish plumage; the male has a white collar and white tail corners. It winters as far south as Costa Rica. |
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She tried to stand, could not so much as lift her head, tried to hold the bannering sounds, heard only the whippoorwills in tenuous moonlight; struggled to rise and made her way to the road to welcome Joe and Cal and Charlie, fought with brittle strength to rise. On many evenings there are dinners on the breezy back porch of the old farmhouse with whippoorwills piping around the corners. By day, we'll search the same heavens for whippoorwills, hawks, and larks. |
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