Night Hawk

[ronwoodcraft]

Usually don't see these until dusk, but caught this one out about an hour before sundown.

( Click on pic a few times for full size. )

 

[Jim in Idaho]

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.
Jim

 

[vpnavy]

B-U-T-FULL photograph ronwoodcraft. Thanks for sharing...

 

[ronwoodcraft]

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.
Jim

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.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

love the sound they make when dive bombing prey...as they pull out their wings sing...

 

[Jim in Idaho]

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.

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.
Jim

 

[old digger]

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.

 

[austin]

Very beautiful bird, but can you be sure it's not a drone in disguise?

 

[ronwoodcraft]

love the sound they make when dive bombing prey...as they pull out their wings sing...

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.

 

[ronwoodcraft]

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.