Shedding Light on Whip-poor-wills.

SAND waves; FOREST reserves

Camouflaged, nocturnal, and elusive, nightjars are some of the least-studied birds on the continent. To better understand what the whip-poor-wills need to survive, for the past five years his team has surveyed Sand Ridge State Forest in central Illinois, one of the few known places where the species continues to thrive in the state. Surveys suggest that many species in the family, including the Eastern Whip-poor-will, are in sharp decline, and researchers in the Midwest want to uncover what's driving the losses. [Extracted from the article]

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