[va-richmond-general] Re: Searching for a whippoorwill

  Hi Deanna,

  I'm in "southside," right on the Richmond/Chesterfield line on Hull Street 
Road.  We do have a little private park that backs up to the property where 
I live, and Pocoshock Creek flows through it.  I have seen Upland birds back 
in there, and may have surprised

  [NEWSFLASH!!   Just now a HUMMINGBIRD flew up to the upstairs window and 
hovered right in front of where one of my Budgies, Morning Sun, was sitting! 
The two of them watched each other for a moment and then the Hummer was off! 
Time to get the Hummer feeder back up, looks like.]

  what I believe might have been a woodcock last summer while walking back 
there.  The only places I hear Whipporwhills now is Point-of-Rocks Park (and 
the marsh boardwalk has been restored) and Pocahontas State Park.

  Irene


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: <Deannamail@xxxxxxx>
  To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 9:41 AM
  Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Searching for a whippoorwill


  Irene, thanks for the response and for the tip about Colonial Beach. 
Where
  do you live in the Richmond metro area, that whippoorwills are no longer 
heard?
  There is a Whippoorwill Lane, off  New Ashcake in Hanover, that makes me
  think others may still be hearing them in northern or eastern Hanover 
county.
  I would also appreciate hearing from other list members about sightings or
  hearing whippoorwills or their cousin chuck-wills anywhere in the area.
  Deanna

  In a message dated 6/2/2005 11:20:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
  featherchaser@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

  > That's so sad...I've never heard a whippoorwill around where I live, 
only
  > at some of the parks I visit.  I remember, though, hearing them nightly 
when
  >
  > we camped at a place called Placid Bay near Colonial Beach.  We'd sit 
out by
  >
  > our camping trailer and listen for them in the evening, really loved 
that
  > and remember how we'd count how many birds we'd hear answering one 
another
  > (or so it seemed).
  >
  >  I wonder how increasingly far out and away I'll have to keep hearing 
them?
  >
  >  Irene in Southside
  >



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