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 ...

Common nighthawks, whip-poor-wills and chuck-will's-widows are similar in appearance, but their habits, habitats and songs help in telling them apart. Oklahoma is home to several members of the family ...

In nature, if there is a niche, there is no doubt it will be filled. And it is usually filled with the most interesting of critter. This is the pattern that has made nature so incredibly diverse over ...

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I was going to my car in a DeKalb County parking lot one evening this week when I heard a distinct nasal “peenting” sound from across the lot. Common nighthawks, I suspected. Sure enough, at the edge ...

The cries of “Peent”! are once again filling the skies at dusk and one hour before sunrise. The bird using this cry is the common nighthawk and according to allaboutbirds.com, its numbers are in steep ...

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 ...