Buff-collared Nightjar

[Rick Bowers]

Buff-collared Nightjar - Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA

Buffjars are rare visitors to southeastern Arizona and southwest New Mexico in the US but common over much of Mexico and northern Central America.

50D, 500, 1/125 sec; f/10; ISO 200, flash, full frame, 10 June

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful image. I like the head turn, eye contact excellent details and the colors of the bird.

[Andrew Merwin]

I agree with Karl. I also especially like the visible foot. It is neat seeing a less frequently posted subject. TFS.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent flash work with nice pose & details. Very well exposed. TFS

[Dan Brown]

Awesome, Rick! Great to see this bird up close! Good head turn and eye contact.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the HA, flash work, sharpness and tight composition. Very well done Rick!

[Richard Flack]

Great shot of this bird. Excellent detail.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesome bird and a great view of its plumage. Neat perch, and good dark BG. I do find the flash a bit strong due to the dark shadow under the wing and tail, and some spots are over-sharpened IMO. Still an impressive image of a rarity for those parts...congrats!

P.S. Too bad you do not have more canvas...were you able to back up and take some looser comps too?

[Rick Bowers]

"Too bad you do not have more canvas...were you able to back up and take some looser comps too?"

Unfortunately I was on a 30 degree slope and in the only opening in an extremely spiny brush covered area.