Michael L. Usai, coordinator of the whippoorwill and nighthawk study for the ornithological group, said the problems for the two species are not confined to Connecticut, and may be traced to both ...

To contact Mike Adams, email [email protected]. The unusual nighthawk is not really a hawk but a member of the nightjar family - a group of night-flying, insect-eating birds that include ...

the whippoorwill has an unusual shape appearing larger in front with a rounded head and thick chest that is common of members of the nightjar family, which includes the common nighthawk.