tags: common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor, birds, nature, Image of the Day
[Mystery bird] Common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor, photgraphed at Smith Point, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 29 August 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
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Pauraque?
Whip-poor-will
Some Goatsucker or other. Juvenile southwest Nighthawk? Thank you Sibley. Or Chuck-wills-widow. Never seen one from below. I'll go with the Nighthawk. rb
Lesser Nighthawk
Lesser Nighthawk
Laser Nighthawk
Another vote for Lesser Nighthawk.
Lesser Nighthawk it is.
Lesser Nighthawk it is.
oops, sorry for the echo
type of cuckoo, not european,common. poss. bronze
Common Pauragque (Gray Adult)
Whipper-will