Let’s talk about Nightjars

garzabird:

ironfoxe:

birdstoconsider:

they are these wonderful tiny predatory birds

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With great camouflage for multiple environments

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And lovely plumage dependent on their species

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BUT BEST OF ALL IS THEIR MOUTHS, which look small then their beaks are closed (they’ve even got cute lil’ whiskers!)

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BUT ARE ACTUALLY HUUUUGE

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BEST BIRD

i am here for this bird

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!

we had a Common Nighthawk hanging around on our roof and deck after a Huge windstorm a few years back.

i totally thought some kid had thrown a piece of driftwood on the roof, and then the windstorm somehow knocked it perfectly right onto the deck railing? I walked past the window like three times thinking “Oh, there’s that weird piece of driftwood from the roof” until it TURNED AND LOOKED AT ME

I WAS LIKE FIVE FEET FROM IT AND IT STILL DIDNT REGISTER AS A BIRD

THAT IS SOME INTENSE CAMOUFLAGE

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Tags: in a lifetime of birding, i've seen these guys only a handful of times, it felt special each time.

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