[Birdnet] Whip-poor-will YES!!!

[tanager at timaverybirding.com]

This evening (06/20) Steve and Cindy Sommerfeld, Colby Neuman, Larene Wyss, Bob Atwood, Buck Russell and I ascended Green Canyon in Cache county to try for the rare nightjar. 
As luck would have have it the bird started singing around 9:30PM precisely where it was previously reported from.  The bird moved all over the hillside to the northeast of the large open parking area constantly emitting the quivering notes.  The bird sounded distinctly like the Mexican/Arizona subspecies with a somewhat lower voice and I would say slower start. 

A huge thanks to Ryan O,Donnell who alerted me to this bird. 

A word of caution. The bird did not respond to a tape played briefly after we listened for a while, so the fruitless repetition of Peterson or Stokes is not only probably a waste of time but could impact this birds continued presence at this locale. 

If you visit Green Canyon I would suggest arriving shortly before 930, and just waiting till the bird begins to announce itself.  At times it wasn't more than 50 feet away while at other instances it was well over 150 yards into the woods. 

Good Luck and Good Birding 

Tim 
tanager at timaverybirding.com

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