What does it mean when you hear a whippoorwill? But that doesnt mean you can't enjoy the Whippoorwill song. Normally it sings this twice in a row. I suppose your fear or joy at hearing a whippoorwill depends on what mood you're in. The whippoorwill's song says, "whip-or-will" making it 3 syllables. Whippoorwill, (Caprimulgus vociferus), nocturnal bird of North America belonging to the family Caprimulgidae (see caprimulgiform) and closely resembling the related common nightjar of Europe. That depends on what you mean by *chirps*. It has a short bill and long, rounded wings and tail. Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry I've never seen a night so long When time goes crawling by The moon just went behind the clouds To hide its face and cry Did you ever see a robin weep When leaves began to die? Lovecraft and Stephen King often used the appearance of Whippoorwills as a symbolic harbinger of death to come in there horror novels. To end this post on a lighter note, I will mention that the Penobscot of northern New England attributed a different meaning to the whippoorwill. It's call is vigorous yet truely unique and pretty if heard from afar. The rapid drumming of the pileated woodpecker can be heard throughout much of the United States and Canada. Legendary writers H.P. Made famous in folk songs, poems, and literature for their endless chanting on summer nights, Eastern Whip-poor-wills are easy to The Eastern Whippoorwill is a medium size nightjar, measuring between 8 and 10 inches long from beak to tail. Male birds have a white patch under the throat and white tips on the outer tail feathers. Last night as I was going to bed at around 3 am, I heard whistling sounds that went on for a straight 20 minutes. Whip-poor-wills aka Whippoorwills (Caprimulgus vociferus) Nightjars. It is named for its vigorous deliberate call (first and third syllables accented), which it may repeat 400 times without stopping. Whippoorwills singing near a house were an omen of death, or at least of bad luck. It has been named for their calls that sounds like "Whip poor Will. Its call is a loud cuk-cuk-cuk, which rises and falls in pitch and volume. What does it mean when you hear a whistling sound at night? Whippoorwill Folklore When a single woman heard her first whippoorwill in springtime, she must have felt her heart lurch in panic, for if the bird did not call again, she would remain single for a year. Jun 1, 2014 - Explore Pj Truman's board The birds- cuckoo, bob white and whippoorwill all have calls that sound like their name. So across the street from my house is a forest, I live in a house near the Appalachian mountains. The Whip-poor-will or whippoorwill (Caprimulgus vociferus) is a medium-sized nightjar that occurs from Canada south to Central America. How many chirps does a whippoorwill do at a time? They heard its cry not as "Whip poor Will" but instead as "li puli", which means to ejaculate semen.