Logan Parker
Maine's Nightjar Monitors: meet some of the citizen scientists powering our efforts
The Maine Nightjar Monitoring Project is a volunteer-powered citizen science effort. What started as a crew of just 2 volunteers in 2017...
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Logan Parker
Apr 22, 20206 min read
Caterwaul, Winnow, and Croak: Getting to Know Maine's Other Nighttime Songsters
An American Woodcock - one of Maine's most unusual "shorebirds", D. Ellis. Given that this project is titled the Maine Nightjar...
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Logan Parker
Feb 16, 20209 min read
Booming Bullbats: afield with the Common Nighthawk
Common nighthawk in flight, D.S. Hall. It was just after 2 o'clock in the morning. I slowly drove the bumpy road under a moon which was...
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Logan Parker
Dec 29, 20198 min read
The Singing Widow: Meet Maine's "Third" Nightjar
J.J. Audubon, 1827. If you have read any of the previous articles on this site, the title of this latest piece of writing might leave you...
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Logan Parker
Dec 9, 20198 min read
Milk Thieves and Harbingers of Doom? - a Short History of Nightjar Folklore
Years back, not long after hearing an Eastern Whip-poor-will for the first time, I stumbled upon a perplexing term. Seeking to learn more...
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Logan Parker
Nov 21, 20198 min read
The Nightjar's Bower
It was just before dusk when I ventured into the woods. The sky was veiled in clouds save for a few small breaks in the overcast which...
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Logan Parker
Sep 8, 20192 min read
Welcome to the Maine Nightjar Monitoring Project
It's a calm, moonlit summer night in mid-June. You are standing along the edge of an old dirt road among the silhouettes of oaks and...
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