Nice Nightjar Night
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Charlie Nims
May 28, 2026, 7:22:10 PM (5 days ago) May 28
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Last night, I joined Jane Rice to do her 10 stop Freedom Whip-poor-will Survey route. It turned out to be a nice night for nightjars! And, it started off with a good omen: we met at the Hobbs parking lot in West Ossipee (not part of the route) where we had 2 peenting Common Nighthawks which we were also able to see circling together.
The route, which covers much of the eastern part of Ossipee Lake, starts along Ossipee Lake Rd. at a TNC property where we again had both nightjars. All-in-all, we had 12 Eastern Whip-poor-wills, 4 Common Nighthawks, 2 calling Common Loons and a Barred Owl. Interestingly, at Freedom Town Forest, we had neither nightjar . . . I think primarily due to the overwhelming chorus of frogs!! My guess is that if we had gone out to the airstrip, we would have had at least EWPW’s with a good chance of CONI and perhaps American Woodcock. C’est la vie, at least it is good to know the frogs (guessing a lot of spring peepers) seem to be in good shape.
Sometime—weather dependent—I will do my survey route, Madison, which is just to the north.
Charlie Nims
Bartlett, NH
The route, which covers much of the eastern part of Ossipee Lake, starts along Ossipee Lake Rd. at a TNC property where we again had both nightjars. All-in-all, we had 12 Eastern Whip-poor-wills, 4 Common Nighthawks, 2 calling Common Loons and a Barred Owl. Interestingly, at Freedom Town Forest, we had neither nightjar . . . I think primarily due to the overwhelming chorus of frogs!! My guess is that if we had gone out to the airstrip, we would have had at least EWPW’s with a good chance of CONI and perhaps American Woodcock. C’est la vie, at least it is good to know the frogs (guessing a lot of spring peepers) seem to be in good shape.
Sometime—weather dependent—I will do my survey route, Madison, which is just to the north.
Charlie Nims
Bartlett, NH
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