107 -The Dusk Chorus: What Happens When the Sun Goes Down

You've heard the dawn chorus — but have you heard the dusk chorus? Step outside at sunset and a whole different world comes alive. In this episode, Jill heads out to a Wisconsin oak savanna just before dark and witnesses something spectacular: the American Woodcock sky dance, the haunting winnowing of a Wilson's Snipe, and eight woodcocks performing courtship displays just feet away. Best of all, neither bird makes its sound with its voice — it's all in the feathers. We also cover sandhill cranes bugling into the marsh at sunset, Whip-poor-wills and Common Nighthawks (the night hunters of the insect world), the eerie calls of the barred owl, and the invisible rivers of migrating birds that stream over your county every night during peak spring migration.

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