Taxonomy: Order Caprimulgiformes >> Family Caprimulgidae >> Genus Chordeiles
| Common Nighthawk (Unique ID: 498)
Return to Last Page: Click on image | 
|
Species: Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
Location: ---, Kansas, United States
Age: adult Plumage: --- Activity: perching/standing
Sex: --- Visibility: silhouette Quantity: single
Photographer: Judd Patterson Date: May 26, 2005
Equipment: Canon EOS 20D and Canon 300mm f/4L IS Megapixels: 8.2
Notes: As I composed this photograph, the sun was quickly sinking in the west. Minutes later, this nighthawk took to the sky with a loud "peeeent" and a great search for insects had begun.
|
|
