Nightjar

The stump on the branch Lives! Haha, sounds like one of those cheap zombie flicks. Alright, seriously, this fellow is a nightjar, a close relative of the Potoo Bird (the real expert at faking branch stumps). With that devious camouflage, it thinks that I don't see him, but I still do! Haha, the fact was, it kept landing on branches that were thinner than it. Anyway, it can afford to let me stray closer as it has short wings that enable it to weave through the dense tangles of the forest with considerable speed and precision. That frogmouth beak says, "my diet consists mainly of insects in flight, because I have a hard time pecking at trees or spearing fishies."

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Pets & Animals

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• Singapore
• Wildlife
• Avian
• Bird
• close
• up
• nightjar

[AvgStop]

Thanks KCityHoplite, finally found out what kind of bird this is. Haha, surprisingly, it's not Bt Batok.

[THINKER43]

The clue is in the title about shots in the day time. However it provided us with an evenings entertainment, a long walk into the middle of nowhere and to see something that moved very fast.

[KCityHoplite]

savannah nightjar I take it? Also, is that Bt Batok? was hoping to get some shots of one in the daytime.