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Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Belle Glade, FL
Date: Aug 22, 2009
Aperture: f/6.7
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Sep 7, 2009
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Comments: 7
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Nighthawks are not hawks, they are in the nightjar family, similar to whip-poor-wills. They eat insects. They fly at dusk like bats, and can eat 500 mosquitoes a day. They have very large mouths, but as you can see, very small bills.
To answer Wendy's question: yes it is full grown and mature, but it is quite a small bird, a little smaller than a dove.
This was the first (and only) one I have ever seen. It was very exciting, and I had an opportunity to take lots of photos of it, since it really wanted to sleep. I approached quite close several times, and it flew to another perch. But it stayed quite low, and in the same area. |
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09/15/2009 06:14:26 AM |
500 mosquitoes a day! I have got to get me one of these ;-)
Really neat little bird; love the DOF. |
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09/09/2009 03:57:09 AM |
| his markings are awesome! i'd love to see something like him around here |
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09/08/2009 11:39:37 AM |
| Great detail, lighting and angle. What a tiny and cute bird this is! What a useful one too! :) Thanks for the info behind this bird as well. I never knew this about them. |
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09/07/2009 07:00:57 PM |
| I am happy for you that you got to shoot some close up shots of this little guy. He must be pretty small because that looks like 1" square tubing that he is sitting on. I saw similar birds in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas. There are a lot of whip-poor-wills there too. The w-wills lay their eggs right on a rock at the beach. It seems pretty strange to see that, but I guess that the sun helps keep the eggs warm that way. |
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09/07/2009 05:50:04 PM |
| Thanks for sharing this with us. I love getting to see a new animal for the first time. |
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09/07/2009 08:43:14 AM |
great subject, i am just wishing it was on a more natural perch.
very nice DOF |
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09/07/2009 07:43:03 AM |
| oh how very cute! Is it full grown, or is it a baby? (I'm wondering because of all the spots...) |
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