Nightjar. 2019

[Liz01]

I've done two videos from the last night feedings.

At the end of this video you can hear a bird. Parent suddenly flew away. One hears long singing and wing clapping- 5:49 minutes (3:13:26 AM )

Includes 2:39 AM - 3:16 AM - feedings and parent changes.



11:15 PM - 2:02 AM ..some feedings and parent changes

[Liz01]

13:36 a chick is preening itself both went back under moms belly
13:38 as Hellem wrote- both are next to mom

[Mamicja]

In this nest everything happens like at an accelerated pace; shift changes, feedings, movements of the parents and the chicks. And then long moments of stillness. It is a very special bird




Closer, you can look at the nightjar in this video by Polish forester Mariusz Nędzyński https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc0FM31 ... 4C&index=4

[Marfo]

They grow so fast!
At 22:25-26 one of the chicks is actually running from its parent to fetch something from the grass.
What are they fed? Liquidised insects?

[Abigyl]

23:44 Chicks are alone

23:37+ Mom and dad were feeding them one after the other.

[IceAge]

June 18.

12:31
search the birds

[Hellem]

12:53 They have changed a position a bit, mom and the chicks are hidden in the blueberry bush, the chicks are curious and looking around

13:06 Mom and the chicks moved to the new position (to their nest)
13:37 They went back to the right, are again hidden in the blueberry bush

[IceAge]

12:53 the chicks are curious and looking around

Yes, that was so cute .

[Hellem]

15:59 Mom moved back to the nest place, the cute chicks followed her

[Hellem]

23:24 Female off, 23:25 male came, feeding
23:31 Male off
23:37 The chicks are still alone
23:38 Male came, feeding
23:41 Very good zooming
23:43 Male off, 23:52 male back, feeding
23:54 Male off, female came, feeding

[Mamicja]

Nice closeup

[Biker]

June 19th



2:38 feeding of one chick, the second did his best, but got nothing

[Hellem]

12:59 The nightjar mom and her chicks are hidden in the blueberry bush , one chick is out and preening, the second one is sitting under mom's tail
13:08 Both chicks are out, one is preening, the other one is sleeping

Mamicja, Biker , thank you for the videos and pictures

[Hellem]

18:43 Great zooming, thank you

[yitmoth]

18:43 Great zooming, thank you

Seriously amazing

[Biker]

around 18:00

[Biker]

and high jumps 18:20

[Mamicja]

Tiny beak and big mouth, almost around the head

[IceAge]

20:47

[Biker]

striped feet



20:30