These creatures of contradiction aren’t hawks and aren’t the most active at night, but nighthawks are birds worth knowing ...

The curious common nighthawk is actually not a hawk, and in Teller County it’s not very common, either. They are a member of an odd group called nightjars that are more closely related to owls. Like ...

One of the most fun birds to watch fly is the common nighthawk. They usually come out at dusk and hunt insects on the fly. They are very acrobatic in the air. So what else is going on around the ...

Imagine running full speed with your mouth wide open to collect tiny food snacks flitting about in midair. Meet the common nighthawk, a shadowy figure – with blazes of white – that catches flying ...

The common nighthawk is misnamed. It is neither common, nor a hawk, nor active at night. But the common nighthawk is close to all of these. It is conspicuous wherever it occurs. It hunts on the wing, ...

A female Common Nighthawk. In 2023, there were four confirmed nests in Concord and three of them failed after heavy rains and extreme heat TakeMeOutside-cm-082424,ph02 As August wanes, many people ...

To contact Mike Adams, email adamscience@windstream.net. The unusual nighthawk is not really a hawk but a member of the nightjar family - a group of night-flying, insect-eating birds that include the ...

A terrific flier, its beat was quick and strong, stuttering suddenly and swerving, looping and then resuming its line, now reminding me of a big bat. Stylish enough on the wing to be memorable, the ...

During the late spring and summer, you may have noticed a bird flying around at dawn and dusk catching insects in the air. If it had long, tapered wings with a white stripe across them near the end, ...

I recently spent several days birding and camping around Steens Mountain in Oregon. One of the terrific birds in the extensive juniper forests of that region is the bullbat, more commonly known as the ...

While there is wildlife you would be happy to spot in your backyard, no one is happy to see mosquitoes. With mosquito season starting earlier and earlier, fighting these pests can seem like an uphill ...

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