Keep an eye and an ear out for the male nighthawk's dramatic "booming" display flight. Flying at a height slightly above the treetops, he abruptly dives for the ground. As he peels out of his dive ...

The common nighthawk is a medium-size bird with long ... spot and also is the primary incubator of the eggs, although the male will at times take her place for her meals; while sitting on the ...

The curious common nighthawk is actually not a hawk ... look for a tan throat patch on the female and white on the male. Sightings may be more likely during migration, especially fall, when ...

The common nighthawk is not exactly common ... the nighthawk earned it a strange nickname - the "bullbat." When a male nighthawk wants to impress a female, he performs repeated steep dives ...

The migratory season has begun in earnest with migrating common nighthawks reported from numerous ... were seen in Hampton Harbor on Aug. 24.A male spruce grouse was seen and photographed on ...

Common nighthawks, I suspected. Sure enough, at the edge of the parking lot I saw four or five of the amazingly acrobatic birds darting, looping and fluttering about a bright light atop a utility ...

Male and female look alike. Common nighthawks are summer residents in the Ada area, and can be found all over Oklahoma, most of the United States and most of Canda, eh, during the breeding season.

Its a common nighthawk. Notice the tiny bill, which opens up to reveal a huge, gaping mouth for catching insects in flight. Other ID points include the big head, short neck and very long wings ...

One of the terrific birds in the extensive juniper forests of that region is the bullbat, more commonly known as the common nighthawk. They are one of the last migrants to arrive in the spring ...