The Large-tailed Nightjar in broad daylight

LS of the Large-tailed Nightjar, seen at Cempedak Hill, Zone G,
The Kambatik Park, Bintulu..

Ssssshhhhh…..now you see it, now you don’t.  The Nightjar is still around and what a surprise – it is settling on two eggs!!

The Large-tailed Nightjar has always been a permanent resident of the park.  Here they hunt for insects and  produce a familiar garden call which sounds like ‘tok,tok,tok’.  The sounds can be heard every day here at dusk and dawn and throughout the night.

The Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus ) has a black bill and a body that is very well camouflaged with its preferred environment of open grassland.  It does not build the typical nest and would lay its eggs on bare ground.  The eggs (see inset)  as if by rule are two in numbers and are blotched.

Bird in hand - Large-tailed Nightjar

A young Large-tailed Nightjar ready for her first flight to freedom..

One of the rare experiences in my life is to see the coming into life of the Large-tailed Nightjar from egg to chick.  One day I held it my hand to release it into the air for its flight of freedom...Here's the full story..>>>http://kambatikpark.blogspot.com/2013/09/birdwatch-album-large-tailed-nightjar.html

Large-tailed Nightjar

Young of the Large-tailed Nightjar

 I have a lot of encounters with the Large-tailed Nightjar all of which I experienced at my own nature park in Bintulu.  I have stumbled upon its eggs on bare ground and saw its newly born chicks.  I managed to photograph them when they were tiny chicks till they flew away from my hands.  They gave me the experience of a lifetime.  This is a re-post of the stories of the Large-tailed Nightjar at the Kambatik Park, Bintulu....please follow this link ...>>>http://kambatikpark.blogspot.com/search/label/Large-tailed%20nightjar

Large-tailed Nightjar at Kambatik Park, Bintulu.