We have heard them in recent years along the St. Croix River just north of the MN TH 48 bridge (west of Danbury WI), although not this year. Seven or eight years ago we were surprised to hear one calling briefly at our cabin in Ogema Township, Pine County. Our neighbors to the north report that years ago they were abundant, and calling so noisily that they were a nuisance. Karlyn Eckman
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Jim Mork <[email protected]> wrote: > On Facebook, National Audubon Society posted a nice picture. Pretty > dramatic looking. They say they are related to night hawks, and I learned > to recognize night hawks very early in life. I assume they are both birds > that fly around scooping bugs out of the air. > On 11/11/2012 6:05 PM, Rick Hoyme wrote: > >> Though they have all most likely migrated for this year, I have seen and >> especially heard them up on the North Shore. Tetegouche State Park is a >> good >> place. They also can be found in South Eastern Mn, but are more difficult >> to >> find. Roseau WMA in Roseau county has them as well. >> >> They readily respond to recordings in the spring and once they start >> calling >> they frequently call for quite some time. They are very nocturnal. Shine a >> light towards the bird calling and the reflection from their eyes is quite >> stunning. >> >> Rick Hoyme >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim >> Mork >> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 5:58 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [mou-net] Whip-poor-will >> >> Cornell's map for wpw shows all of MN as its range. I've never heard it >> nor >> heard of it over the years. Where are people seeing it? >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net: >> http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/**wa?SUBED1=mou-net<http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net> >> Archives: >> http://lists.umn.edu/archives/**mou-net.html<http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html> >> >> >> > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: > http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/**wa?SUBED1=mou-net<http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net> > Archives: > http://lists.umn.edu/archives/**mou-net.html<http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html> > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
