nightjar Definition
night·jar (nīt′jär′)
nightjar Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: Habitat creation and conservation measures for birds, which include nightjar, owl and lesser-spotted woodpecker, include the provision of nesting boxes.
- see: We run evening nightjar visit every summer - take a look at our events program for details of evening walks to see the nightjars.
- find: We started before dawn, up one of the paths opposite the hotel, hoping to find a nightjar.
- perch: We waited until dusk, and saw two European Nightjars perched above the large lighted sign of the sheikh.
- hear: On our after-dinner walks through the grounds we had heard a nightjar churring in the wet scrub just to the east of the hotel.
- have: Also I had some nightjars at night, including one very well seen ( damn why didn't I take my camera?
Adjective modifier
- European: We waited until dusk, and saw two European Nightjars perched above the large lighted sign of the sheikh.
- Egyptian: There is a photo of an Egyptian nightjar at this external link.
- male: Before long a single male nightjar put on a very good display clearly visible against the night sky.
- several: Several other nightjar seen before we returned to close off a great day.
- small: Indian Nightjar Several of these small, delicate nightjars seen pre-dawn at Bundala together with one spotlighted elephant which gave us rather a start.
- blackish: I found three blackish nightjars sitting on the track in front of our huts and was able to approach them within a few meters.
Modifies a noun
- sighting: Needless to say these were the only nightjar sightings of the trip.
- spot: April 16, Friday - Palau - change of plans I woke up at 4 and returned to the nightjar spot at 5 AM.
- species: Driving back to Punta Leona, along the long track from the main security gate we caught a nightjar species in the headlights.
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