new bird common nighthawk and pileated woodpecker

ZombiesniperJr · Aug 15, 2016

sorry about them being kind of sharp and in focus but i was not expecting a new bird and they were pretty close most of the time making it harder to track them and harder to get the camera to focus i think my shutter speed was a bit to slow for them it was at 1/1000
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common nighthawk3 by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr
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common nighthawk2 by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr
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common nighthawk by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr
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pileated woodpecker flight by Logan Baldwin, on Flickr

zombiesniper · Aug 15, 2016

Cool looking hawk.

rodbender · Aug 15, 2016

Nice set #3 for me, They do any crazy dives??

ZombiesniperJr · Aug 15, 2016

zombiesniper said:
Cool looking hawk.

Thanks dad

rodbender said:
Nice set #3 for me, They do any crazy dives??

Thanks they did do one or two crazy dives that i saw but they could have been doing crazy dives alot more then that because there was a group of about 40 to 50 different ones

rodbender · Aug 15, 2016

rodbender said:
Nice set #3 for me, They do any crazy dives??

Thanks they did do one or two crazy dives that i saw but they could have been doing crazy dives alot more then that because there was a group of about 40 to 50 different ones[/QUOTE]
Looks like you found a Migrating Flock

Dean_Gretsch · Aug 15, 2016

I have never been able to catch a pileated in flight. Nice job and very nice hawk pics!

ZombiesniperJr · Aug 15, 2016

Dean_Gretsch said:
I have never been able to catch a pileated in flight. Nice job and very nice hawk pics!

Thank you

jcdeboever · Aug 16, 2016

Great set. Love the Pileated dive.

Achaicus · Aug 16, 2016

Nighthawks are insect eaters in the same family with the Whip poor will, and Chuck will's widow. So whatever dive or erratic flight movements they do is about catching insects and not the dive or stoop of a true hawk.

ZombiesniperJr · Aug 16, 2016

jcdeboever said:
Great set. Love the Pileated dive.

Thank you

Achaicus said:
Nighthawks are insect eaters in the same family with the Whip poor will, and Chuck will's widow. So whatever dive or erratic flight movements they do is about catching insects and not the dive or stoop of a true hawk.

yeah and apparently they like to fly around with there mouth wide open or at least thats what i heard

baturn · Aug 16, 2016

Great stuff! I've never seen Nighthawks close enough to get a shot.

Achaicus · Aug 16, 2016

ZombiesniperJr said:
yeah and apparently they like to fly around with there mouth wide open or at least thats what i heard

And what a mouth that is. I've seen it described with slight exaggeration stating that it flies engulfing insects with it's great maw like a whale cruising through plankton. The hinge on the bill is so far back that the whole width of the head opens up giving it a rather large mouth considering appearances when closed.

ZombiesniperJr · Aug 16, 2016

baturn said:
Great stuff! I've never seen Nighthawks close enough to get a shot.

Thanks this was the first time i seen them

Achaicus said:
ZombiesniperJr said:

yeah and apparently they like to fly around with there mouth wide open or at least thats what i heard

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And what a mouth that is. I've seen it described with slight exaggeration stating that it flies engulfing insects with it's great maw like a whale cruising through plankton. The hinge on the bill is so far back that the whole width of the head opens up giving it a rather large mouth considering appearances when closed.

Thats what i read about them online