Strisores

Parque Nacional del Manu

Milpe

Sani Lodge

Point Reyes National Seashore

A Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) calls in the early evening at the "El Pizote" in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca (Costa Rica), 6/22/99, 5:40 PM. I had seen this guy earlier that morning, as I walked near his ground roost in a derelict cacao plantation. He apparently never strayed far from that spot, as these recordings were made 12 hours later only a few meters from where I had spotted him.

Wuasa

Zapoten

Milpe

Crooked Tree

Sutro Heights--Baths / Land's End

Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus) male on lek (A Lek is a place where males of a species gather to display their wares to the available females in the area) in Manuel Antonio (Costa Rica), 6/15/98. These birds, when on lek, are almost impossible to see. They sit very near the ground in dense understory. I sometimes had to sit for 15 minutes, knowing I was only 3 meters away from them, before I saw one.

Tangkoko National Park

San Blas Ponds

Zamora

Parque National Palo Verde

Glen Canyon Park

Long-tailed Hermits (Phaethornis superciliosus) lek (A Lek is a place where males of a species gather to display their wares to the available females in the area.), as do Little Hermits. This sample is a male on lek in Carara Biological Preserve. The lek was approximately 30x100 meters and held 8-10 males.

Bernal Hill

Bolivar Peninsula

Parque Nacional del Manu

Mindo - Bellavista

Xico Waterfall

In the summer Common Poorwills call from the hillsides in the southwest US. They are best spotted by driving slowly along the dirt roads in their territory at night, since they like to sit on roads for some reason - they flutter up in front of the lights when you get too close. This one was on the slopes above Peck's Lake [Arizona], 5/19/99, just after sunset.

Bernal Hill