Platinum An Interested Bird

[RadioFlyerMan]

Watch the time-lapse video of a sunset on Platte Bay in the YouTube link to see a bird (probably a pigeon hawk or a sea gull) fly by for 1 frame. I think I was lucky it didn't attack.

The video...

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

The single frame from the time-lapse (recorded a 2 second intervals)...

 

[GFields]

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

 

[MS Coast]

Thanks for posing that video and photo. I've been doing a lot of time lapse shots at sunset, too. No birds have joined in, though.

It looks like your bird is a Common Nighthawk, also called bull bats out in the country. They're amazing birds, famous for making high-speed dives to catch insects. They make a weird buzzing/booming sound when they swoop upwards after a dive.

Common Nighthawk Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

On warm summer evenings, Common Nighthawks roam the skies over treetops, grasslands, and cities. Their sharp, electric peent call is often the first clue they’re overhead. In the dim half-light, these long-winged birds fly in graceful loops, flashing white patches out past the bend of each wing...

www.allaboutbirds.org

 

[Prop Wash]

Great looking video - music matched well. I saw the bird flash the screen. Thanks for showing the still shot.