Every night in our residencial I hear this sound. It flies fast and it's dark so I can't see it. Any bird expert that can tell me what bird it is (and how to kill it) (just kidding)?
http://snd.sc/1kKptpA
http://snd.sc/1kKptpA
It's a nighthawk.
Marvellous visitor this time of year and a falcon-type hunter.
They fly in the evenings and night and when they stoup to accelerate you can hear the air through their feathers.
From the underside, if you can see them in the light, they appear to have Airforce-type roundels on their wings.
The sound of 'Pretty-pink, pretty-pink, pretty-pink' is characteristic and the whoosh of air through their feathers at the bottom of the dive is amazing.
You'll never kill (heaven forbid!) or catch one. They are falcon fast and beautiful..
. Also, bird expert = ornithologist.
(But the sound was a Nighthawk, not a bat.)
And if you google that particular bird, you'll see it's a beauty too!Check this out, Antillean Nighthawk / dominican republic
sound file, second the last on the list / click the little arrow button on the far left side.
Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii) :: xeno-canto
Check this out, Antillean Nighthawk / dominican republic
sound file, second the last on the list / click the little arrow button on the far left side.
Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii) :: xeno-canto
You mentioned something about the bird appearing this time of year. Where was it previously?