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in localities where it is not found as a summer resident; but these 

 migratory birds have gone on to their nesting grounds by the last of May. 

 In the fall the whippoorwills are last seen and heard from August 25th 

 to September 15th. 



The Whippoorwill, though seldom seen even by nature lovers or the 

 country people who live near its favorite haunts, is well known by its voice 

 to all inhabitants of the State. It is one of the few birds that can be 



Eggs of Whippoorwill 



Photo by Clarence F. Stone 



surely recognized by its note even though the listener has never heard 

 it before and knows it only by name. This bird comes from its retreat 

 in the shady forest or the slopes of the glen in the early evening, is seen 

 along the roadsides and about farmyards half a mile or more from its home 

 in the wood, and its shrill cry is frequently heard from the ridge pole of 

 the tent, from the peak of the barn, from the lane fence or from the road- 

 side, as one journeys along in the dusk of evening. When passing through 



