Jeff Doyle heard an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL in his backyard on Muriel Street early this morning, so a couple of us in the neighborhood listened from the south end of Tareyton Drive this evening and were not disappointed: one bird started singing from well to the south around 8:15 and continued intermittently for a couple of long bouts followed by a couple of shorter ones before falling silent a little after 8:30. A second bird chimed in briefly during one of the bouts, but it was impossible to tell which direction it was coming from, only that it was farther away. Seemingly to the south or southeast from our vantage as well. One of the birds was seen briefly silhouetted against the sky hawking insects from high up in a line of white pines.
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