Counting nighthawks flight

Common Nighthawk | Audubon Field Guide » This widespread and familiar bird may hunt by day or night, catching flying insects in the air. Its bounding, erratic flight and angular wings make it unmistakable except in the southwest and in Florida, where two other types of nighthawks occur. Originally nesting on open ground, Common Nighthawks have learned to nest on... Audubon.org

Common Nighthawk in flight - YouTube » Jun 5, 2015 ...Common Nighthawks feed on large insects that they capture in flight. Notice the wingbeats and quick turns, a distinct behavior and flight style. ML Video #46... Youtube.com

Common Nighthawk, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of ... » On warm summer evenings, Common Nighthawks roam the skies over treetops, grasslands, and cities. Their sharp, electric peent call is often the first clue they're overhead. In the dim half-light, these long-winged birds fly in graceful loops, flashing white patches out past the bend of each wing as they chase insects. Allaboutbirds.org

Flight of the Nighthawks (Beshkwe) - YouTube » Sep 2, 2013 ...Nighthawk migration on August 25, 2013 Bayfield, Wisconsin. 46.841844, - 90.872932 On warm summer evenings, Common Nighthawks roam the skies over treetops, gr... Youtube.com

Lesser Nighthawk flying against sunset - YouTube » Apr 24, 2011 ...Several lesser nighthawks flying with the sunset as a backdrop. If you turn the volume up you will hear their mating calls. Art Brown Everything: Art Brown. Youtube.com

Zoom!: The Aerial Display of the Common Nighthawk | Bird ... » It would be nice to actually see a video of the display. I don't believe the so-called booming sound is caused by air movement through the feathers. I believe it is a sound created by the bird, as is the chirping in flight. I would like to see some scientific proof of the claim. One cannot argue with proof. I've watched these birds for... Academy.allaboutbirds.org

Counting Nighthawks in flight - Times Union » Aug 24, 2016 ...Volunteer "citizen scientists" of all ages teamed up with the nonprofit Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission and the Hudson Mohawk Bird Club to monitor migrating birds, specifically Common Nighthawks as they flew over the preserve on a more than 6000-mile journey southward. Doing the counts will... Timesunion.com

Nighthawks » The ironically named common nighthawk is neither hawk nor specifically night flying, and now it's not all that common. Many of us ...A species makes this ominous list if its population has declined at least 50 percent since the mid-1960s , based on breeding-bird surveys and other counts. ...Counting nighthawks is difficult. Bigrivermagazine.com

Nighthawk in flight (1 of 2) - YouTube » Oct 9, 2006 ...Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) flying over the floodplain meadow near Gibbons Park in London, Ontario, at about 8:00pm, August 29 2006. 1 of 2. The othe... Youtube.com

Flight of the Nighthawks (The Darkwar Saga, Book 1): Raymond E ... » Flight of the Nighthawks (The Darkwar Saga, Book 1) [Raymond E. Feist] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A portent of annihilation awakens the powerful sorcerer Pug in the dead of night—a dread vision warning of a vast and terrible army descending upon the exposed heart of Midkemia. Even the... Amazon.com