Cousin Chuck isn’t leaving

Weekly Bird Report on WCAI

Jul 1, 20263:33Science & Medicine

As Whip-poor-wills grow scarce in the region's pine woods, a larger and considerably ruder cousin has taken up residence: the Chuck-will's-widow. Once found no farther north than Virginia, this bird-eating nightjar is no...

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