Enjoy these photos of a roosting Common Nighthawk by Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge volunteer Tom Sykes. The Common Nighthawk’s impressive booming sounds during courtship dives, in combination with its erratic, bat-like flight, have earned it the colloquial name of “bullbat.” The name “nighthawk” itself is a bit of a misnomer, since the bird is neither strictly nocturnal—it’s active at dawn and dusk—nor closely related to hawks. (from Cornell Lab of Ornithology - allaboutbirds.org/guide/common_nighthawk/lifehistory)
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:21:05 +0000
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