Common Poorwill Captive Photographs and
Sound Recording
Photos by Greg Clark, November 11, 2002 at Arizona Go Wild
rehabilitation clinic
I had come to Arizona Go Wild's
rehabilitation clinic expecting to make a sound recording of a
poorwill I had earlier rescued. The rescued bird had hissed at
me, but was now "clucking" at the sound of my voice.
(How odd.) This I recorded and can be seen / heard on another
page. Another bird was reported to hiss like crazy, this is the
very angry-looking Common Poorwill on this page. If you touch
his beak he opens wide and trys to scare you off with a very nice
hiss, probably because he is a male (not really certain that he
is a male). Because he has such wonderful plumage and such a menacing
posture (especially for a normally meek bird like a poorwill)
I have included a bunch of other detail photographs to show what
wonderful camoflage they wear.
I had come to Arizona Go Wild's
rehabilitation clinic expecting to make a sound recording of a
poorwill I had earlier rescued. The rescued bird had hissed at
me, but was now "clucking" at the sound of my voice.
(How odd.) This I recorded and can be seen / heard on another
page. Another bird was reported to hiss like crazy, this is the
very angry-looking Common Poorwill on this page. If you touch
his beak he opens wide and trys to scare you off with a very nice
hiss, probably because he is a male (not really certain that he
is a male). Because he has such wonderful plumage and such a menacing
posture (especially for a normally meek bird like a poorwill)
I have included a bunch of other detail photographs to show what
wonderful camoflage they wear.
Note
the really big wingspan for such a small bird.
