These creatures of contradiction aren’t hawks and aren’t the most active at night, but nighthawks are birds worth knowing ...

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 ...

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, ...

Late summer brings the first big migration event of the waning year in the southern Appalachians: the annual southward journey of the nighthawks. This bird, known for its spectacular aerial circuses ...