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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

While there is wildlife you would be happy to spot in your backyard, no one is happy to see mosquitoes. With mosquito season starting earlier and earlier, fighting these pests can seem like an uphill ...

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 other day one of the city employees asked me what has happened to all the common nighthawks he used to see. At first I told him it was because they tasted like chicken, but I got to thinking that ...

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 ...