In Orange County’s scrub country, the nights are ruled by quiet, creeping forms that specialize in navigating a low-light environment. One of them is the common poorwill.Like other nocturnal … ...

It can tolerate periods of torpor lasting 10 days or longer, rousing on warm days. I have never found a common poorwill in torpor, but that's probably because I haven't looked.

Called holchko, or “sleeping one,” by the Hopi, poorwills have the startling ability to cut their oxygen use by 97% and survive through the winter on just 10 grams of stored fat. Though known ...

Michael Palin presents the common poorwill from an Arizona desert. In the dead of night, loud calls pierce the stillness on a moonlit track, a small shape suddenly sprouts wings and flutters into ...

Here in Texas, we have seven nightjar species. Common pauraque and lesser nighthawk are typically found in the southern portions of the state, while the common poorwill is found in the western half.

Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, UK The common poorwill, a North American nightjar, hibernates when its food disappears. It is native to western areas of Canada and the US and to northern Mexico.

The trip starts with a bang. A Common Poorwill, a bark-colored bird the size of your palm, jumps up from the narrow blacktop and sputters head-on into our pickup’s undercarriage.

Common Poorwill Bird Walk: 7 p.m. June 26, July 3 and 31, Mount Diablo. Meet at Mitchell Canyon Trailhead, 96 Mitchell Canyon Road, Walnut Creek. Denise Wight leads this four-mile, two hour hike ...