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Chordeiles acutipennis
Sky over desert.
This is the first member of the caprimulgiformes that I have seen. You can tell what it is by the white patches on the ends of its wings. Their flight pattern is erratic like a bat.
Spotted on Jul 29, 2014
Submitted on Aug 29, 2014
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Haha, cool! I remember when we were out there we only saw one that night. all the rest were just bats, It's like they were trying to trick us!