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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, ...

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 ...

The common nighthawk used to be just that - common in New Hampshire cities.The birds are now endangered in this state but group trying to bring them back has confirmed a successful nesting in Keene ...

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 whippoorwill and the chuck-will's-widow. We have all ...

In mid-August, one of the most elegant and least known migration flights begins. Common nighthawks, a long-distance migrant, are one of the earliest to depart their northern breeding grounds. Despite ...

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 ...