New Englanders have long believed, or for a bit of fun, said we believe, that the Whipper Will is an omen of death, a birders grim reaper of sorts.

It said that if you hear one outside your house, they are waiting eagerly to snatch a soul as it leaves a body.

And the sound you hear is then laughing to themselves with excitement for the coming catch.

If you hear that, they might be waiting for you.

Today we're going to talk about the Whippoorwill, Entrostomis vociferous.

I'm Mackin. This is species.

Welcome to the show. So, as I've been saying, I'm really expecting to be able to talk about a new project very soon.

It is not in my control when we're able to say anything, so it's not me being secretive here. I just don't know.

But I know it's coming up. And the most detailed and prompt way I'm going to talk about it is via email.

And I will send out that letter to anyone who wants to sign up at mac and murphy.org.

Just scroll down on the homepage, put in your email, and I'll definitely let you know.

And of course, you don't have to sign up.

I'll talk about it here too.

I'm definitely going to announce it everywhere.

I just won't have as much space'll talk about it here too. I'm definitely going to announce it everywhere. I just

won't have as much space to talk about it since, well, would you look at that? The theme music

is wrapping up already, so that's all I have time for. Thank you, Eric and the Animals for playing

me in. And now without further ado, I present to you the Whippoor Will. The Whippoor Will is named for their call. It's Anamotapia.

Whipper Will? Whipper Will. And to emphasize this point, many writers actually include dashes in this animal's name

to separate the components as they kind of are in the call.

This iconic sound is used by males to establish territories,

some of which can expand over 27 acres.

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