Member of the nightjar family. Common nighthawks have the longest migration path of any migratory bird. Active at dawn and dusk. Strictly an insect eater. They do not make a nest. This one has been roosting here in this exact spot for a month or so now; right underneath the tongue of my equipment trailer. I’ve been making sure nobody fucks with it just in case it was breeding, we pulled the equipment off the trailer and moved it elsewhere. We usually get a couple Killdeer every year so Im used to moving equipment around to give them room. It’s almost November so the nighthawks should be migrating back to South America now.

Interesting exactly how well it blends in here to this pile of gravel. I’ve gotten within a foot of it and it doesn’t seem too bothered by it, I was about two feet away here.