These creatures of contradiction aren’t hawks and aren’t the most active at night, but nighthawks are birds worth knowing ...

A female Common Nighthawk. In 2023, there were four confirmed nests in Concord and three of them failed after heavy rains and extreme heat TakeMeOutside-cm-082424,ph02 As August wanes, many people ...

The common nighthawk is not exactly common. It is seen during the day as well as at night, and it isn't really a hawk. It is a member of the nightjar family, a cousin of the whip-poor-will and ...

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, ...

Imagine running full speed with your mouth wide open to collect tiny food snacks flitting about in midair. Meet the common nighthawk, a shadowy figure – with blazes of white – that catches flying ...

One of the most fascinating birds we get to watch migrate during the fall is the common nighthawk. If you’ve ever seen large flocks of birds diving and swooping from mid-August through the beginning ...

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 ...

During the late spring and summer, you may have noticed a bird flying around at dawn and dusk catching insects in the air. If it had long, tapered wings with a white stripe across them near the end, ...

With September advancing on the calendar, I have been keeping an eye on the skies. For the most part, I focus on the upper branches of trees and feeders during the migration season, but I don’t forget ...

As August wanes, many people lament that the summer is coming to an end. In fact, it is. Numerous natural events that we associate with fall, such as bird migration, begin in August. Some songbirds, ...