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- Title
Common Nighthawks (Chordeiles minor) Can Take Off from Water.
- Authors
McGUIRE, LIAM P.; BRIGHAM, R. MARK
- Abstract
Common Nighthawks (Chordeiles minor) are aerial insectivores that often forage over water, at high speeds, and sometimes at high densities. Foraging nighthawks have regularly been observed flying < 1 m from the surface of water. under these circumstances, navigation errors or mid-air collisions could result in birds falling into the water, with the risk of drowning. We report two observations of Common Nighthawks that fell into a river and were able to take off from the surface of the water easily without any noticeable detrimental effects.
- Subjects
COMMON nighthawk; INSECTIVORES (Mammals); DROWNING
- Publication
Canadian Field-Naturalist, 2017, Vol 131, Issue 2, p125
- ISSN
0008-3550
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22621/cfn.v131i2.1830