Here is something that you just don't see every day. This is a female Nighthawk resting on a fir tree branch. Nighthawks are usually very secretive and well camouflaged birds. They spend most of their time in the air feeding on insects at dusk or in the evening. Their feet are poorly developed for running or even crawling although they must come to the ground sometime in order to breed and raise their young. Their eggs are usually just laid on the bare ground and the chicks are hatched in that spot. The Night Hawk is not a hawk at all but a member of the "Whip-poor-will" or "Night Jar" family.
Stats: Canon 50D, 500mm F/4, ISO 400, F/8 at 1/60sec - Shot is uncropped at full frame.
Thanks for your comments,
Steve







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