eastern whip-poor-will Archives - The Wildlife Society

Wintering grounds may not explain whip-poor-will declines

March 22, 2022

Eastern whip-poor-wills are declining in some of their breeding grounds in the Midwestern U.S., and biologists haven’t been sure why. They thought the problem might lie in their wintering grounds, but research suggests it may …

JWM: Forest treatments favors nightjar abundance

March 3, 2022

In the Missouri Ozarks, you can hear Chuck-will’s-widows and eastern whip-poor-wills more often than you see them—especially on a full moon. These nightjar species are mostly active at night or around dawn and dusk, when …