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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…
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