Hi all - This was posted to TexBirds, but I think that it is certainly appropriate for CT, too. After the aerial spraying of DDT for "Gypsy Moth Control" in the 1960s only succeeded in killing off all the CT populations of the big Saturniid moths (Luna, Cercropia, Polyphemus, etc.) the populations of CT Whip-poor-wills totally crashed. It took almost 20 years for them to return to the Devil's Hopyard area and probably Nehantic S.F. as well. It would be very interesting to see what the ranges of Whips, nighthawks, etc. are like now, and how they change in coming years. Clay Taylor Moodus, CT ctaylor@att.net > ---> Texbird help file http://www.texbirds.org <--- > > There is a national nightjar survey in place and one of the windows will > start this coming week and run for 14 days. > > For details and to volunteer to either take an established route or to > start your own, go to > > http://www.ccb-wm.org/nightjar/participate.htm > > Marilyn Kircus > Dripping Springs, TX > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > For answers to questions about this list, as well as current Texas > Birding Links, visit the Texbirds Reference Page at > http://www.texbirds.org