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madison.comウイスコンシン州では1967年以来、野鳥繁殖調査によるとthe whip-poor-willは57%も数が減っているとの由。
Wisconsin State JournalTOP STORIESFRI., JUN 15, 2007 - 10:10 AM
We're losing birds
RON SEELY
608-252-6131
rseely@madison.com
On a summer night, few sounds speak more eloquently of the season and of the softness and beauty of the rural Wisconsin landscape than the song of the whip-poor-will.
Anyone who has sat in the darkness of the small amphitheater at American Players Theater near Spring Green and enjoyed a Shakespearian play probably remembers the beauty and the mystery of the whip-poor-will's call. The song echoes from the nearby woods during plays and is one of those things mentioned fondly by those who make a visit to the theater an annual summer event.
Yet a landmark report Thursday from the National Audubon Society raised the possibility of a landscape absent this evocative song. The whip-poor-will was among hundreds of common birds listed in the report as being in serious decline. Populations of the bird, according to 40 years' worth of data from Christmas bird counts and breeding bird surveys, have declined more than 57 percent, said the report, "Common Birds in Decline.''
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