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Fran Uhler - Whips & Woodcock

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Jacob Hall

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Jacob Hall

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Mon, 31 May 2010 21:52:40 -0400

Just got back from Fran Uhler. As I stood outside the gate I heard several
Whip-poor-wills calling close by (around 8:45). Two were at different
locations in the woods, and two (I was shocked and thrilled to find) were
about ten feet inside the gate on the road in front of me, their eyes
reflecting brightly in the flashlight I'd brought along just in case it got
too dark. I quickly took the light off of them and got back in the car, but
not before I saw two Woodcocks fly and heard another peenting nearby. I had
never expected to actually SEE the Whips, and certainly not two at such
close range! It was a really special way to add a neat life bird.

-Jake Hall
 College Park, MD