Meet the Eastern Whippoorwill! (Antrostomus vociferus) These large-mouthed, nocturnal birds are part of the Nightjar family. They are famous for their "whip-poor-will" territorial call, but are so stealthily camouflaged that they are rarely seen. They are aerial acrobats, and are so attuned to eating insects on the wing that they don't recognize insects on a plate in front of them! Unfortunately, this one was hit by a car. The driver behind the vehicle saw this and stopped, rescuing the bird and

In honor of being back to our 10th Anniversary Tour of our album, The Whippoorwill, here is the song, The Whippoorwill from our concert film, Live At The Georgia Theatre All dates, tickets, meet and greets, and information available at www.blackberrysmoke.com/tour #thewhippoorwill | Blackberry Smoke