Taxonomy: Order Caprimulgiformes >> Family Caprimulgidae >> Genus Chordeiles
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Acquire This Photo Species: Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Location: ---, Saline County, Kansas, United States Age: adult Plumage: --- Activity: perching/standing Sex: --- Visibility: silhouette Quantity: single Photographer: Judd Patterson Date: May 26, 2005 Equipment: Canon EOS 20D and Canon 300mm f/4L IS Megapixels: 8.2
Notes: As I composed this photograph, the sun was quickly sinking in the west. Minutes later, this nighthawk took to the sky with a loud "peeeent" and a great search for insects had begun.
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