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Riverland Northeast, LA(Zone 8a) Jul 17, 2014

This bird was stunned or something sat on my porch for half a day.

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P_Edens Willis, TX(Zone 8b) Jul 18, 2014

Looks like one of the Nightjar family of birds, maybe a young one. They move around at dusk and during the night and sleep in the daytime, so probably normal behavior. But, wait for one of the experts to chime in. I'm still fairly new at this. Whatever it is, it is cool to see!

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Riverland Northeast, LA(Zone 8a) Jul 18, 2014

Thanks will look that up I was pretty sure it was a bird I had never seen

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Jul 18, 2014

Yep one of the nightjars - the tail is slightly forked, and roughly equal in length to the wingtips, which makes it (in the LA area) a Common Nighthawk. The pale tips of the wing feathers mean it is a juvenile, as P_E thought.

The other nightjars that occur in LA (Whip-poor-will and Chuck-will's-widow) differ in having a long tail with a rounded tip, which extends significantly beyond the wing tips.

Resin

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Riverland Northeast, LA(Zone 8a) Jul 18, 2014

Thank you both so much one more for the list

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