Relaxing Nature Meditation: Chuck Will's Widow Calling and Tree Frogs Croaking !

Video: Relaxing Nature Meditation: Chuck Will's Widow Calling and Tree Frogs Croaking !

Relax to 25 minutes of Chuck Will's Widow Calling and Tree Frogs - just sound - too dark for video to show up. One of the more unusual and repetitive bird calls - it only calls for a few days before dawn and in the evening - usually in late April or Early May in Florida to find a mate then it is totally silent most of the year. After getting about five minutes of the calls for an early recording I captured this nearly 30 minute continuous recording of the calls between 530 and 6 am in the morning. These calls will either lull you off to dreamy sleep with memories of yesteryear and/or Nature in general - or they might just drive you nuts - there seems to be no middle ground on the calling of the Chuck Will's Widow!

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Video: Relaxing Nature Meditation: Chuck Will's Widow Calling and Tree Frogs Croaking !

Chuck Will's Widow Call - Nightjar - Goatsucker - Frogmouth

Video: Chuck Will's Widow Call

A Chuck Will's Widow call is something you will never forget. One of those rare birds that is named for the sound of its call - like a Whip-Poor-Will, to which it is related.  A Nightjar or "Goatsucker" Chuck Will's Widow is noteworthy for its huge gaping mouth, sometimes called a Frogmouth, and is hardly ever seen. Spending its time well concealed on the ground in heavy brush during the day. It is  mating season in the woods behind the backyard - and a time for singing - and singing - and singing! It typically calls from tree limbs - sometimes for hours in the pre-dawn and post-dusk hours. This is the most mysterious of the Backyard birds and one I've never personally seen, but have been very close to in the dark. This recording was made at 5:30 in the morning. A graph of the sound recording clearly shows the three "words" of the Chuck Will's Widow call. Typically the "Chuck" is much lower and softer and harder to hear, but if you listen carefully you'll hear it on most calls except when the frogs crank up the volume. 

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Video: Chuck Will's Widow Call

Video: Chuck Will's Widow Call

A sound graph of the Chuck Will's Widow call showing the regularity of the repeated calls and the three "words" that make up each and every call, although the first word can be hard to hear.

Video: Chuck Will's Widow Call