by Kate Evans
Eastern whip-poor-wills were once common in this region. One would hear their repetitive call on summer nights mostly at dusk and just before dawn, but their calls have been absent for a long time.
But early this summer there was the brief sound of a whip-poor-will’s call at dark and also on the following night in nearby woods. Then nothing. I wondered what had happened to the whip-poor-wills and if they were…
