ronwoodcraft
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Usually don't see these until dusk, but caught this one out about an hour before sundown.
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Jim in Idaho
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Very nice pic! I caught one of those, years ago, when it got tangled in my flyline...LOL. They have a HUGE mouth, so they can scoop up flying insects.
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Thanks Jim, I knew they had a small beak, but I guess they can open their mouth wide. I like having them around where I live. I have tons of skeeters, and these birds spend a lot of time eating them.
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love the sound they make when dive bombing prey...as they pull out their wings sing...
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Ron, it's like the whole front of their face opens-up...sorta like a C-133 loading-up...LOL We get them here, but only when they migrate through, and then only for a couple of days. Mostly the barn swallows get our insects.
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Cool Picture! 
I actually got one once, it must been exhausted but it later flew off. But what I wanted to say was that their plumage shows a much larger body than what is under their feathers. Looks are deceiving.
I actually got one once, it must been exhausted but it later flew off. But what I wanted to say was that their plumage shows a much larger body than what is under their feathers. Looks are deceiving.
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Very beautiful bird, but can you be sure it's not a drone in disguise?
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ronwoodcraft
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That's something else I didn't know. I've always heard that sound, but thought they were doing it through their mouth, or beak or whatever.
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I once surprise one of these out in the desert sitting on a couple of egg's. There was no nest, just a couple of egg's on the gravel.
