Years back, not long after hearing an Eastern Whip-poor-will for the first time, I stumbled upon a perplexing term. Seeking to learn more about this mysterious, night-singing bird, I returned home to thumb through my field guides. Within those pages, I remember reading something to the effect of the following: "The secretive Whip-poor-will is a cryptic species of Goatsucker more often heard than seen...". Goatsucker? Curious. The deeper I delved and more species accounts I read, the more puzzled