The regular saying goes "a day late and a dollar short" but yesterday I was 2 minutes late, and I guess you could say a dollar short. Here's the story:
My dad and I were walking our dog on the roads near our house yesterday evening at dusk when "whip-poor-will whip-poor-will whip-poor-will whip-poor-will" sounded off. An Eastern Whip-poor-will, a new year bird! I was ecstatic for the time being, until I remembered that EWPW would be a new "year bird", and an important one, the 100th species that I heard or saw from my yard. I sprinted to my driveway, a 2 minute dash at most until I set foot on our property, now I could count the bird if it called again. I waited, and waited some more. Come on whip, just call one more time! I waited at least 10 minutes, even played tapes, but to no avail.
Yard bird # 100 will just have to wait for another day.
Happy birding,
Gabriel
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