Answer to a Recent Monday Mystery
November 22, 2022
What's wrong with this picture?
If you're a serious birder, you'll know why this is annoying...
Two followers of this blog have the right answer: The bird on the box is not a nighthawk. It is a raptor of some sort, but nighthawks are not raptors. I recall they may be goatsuckers. Can't make this stuff up.
https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/1998/Goatsuckers-Get-Some-Respect