![]() ![]() The best time to see these birds are the evening time when the heat starts to go down with the sun and these birds come out for their ritualistic night sore. Lesser Nighthawks are camouflaged perfectly during the day and thus spotting one is a huge task. Both the sexes have a scaly pattern throughout the whole body that makes them look fairly fierce while in flight. The male birds have an additional white stripe on their tails. These beautiful Hawks also have a white stripe across the front of their necks. The wing bar is very distinctively white in the male birds and cream-colored in the female birds. During their flight, a distinct light-colored bar can be seen across their wings that are usually not visible when they are resting. These Hawks camouflage well with their shades of browns and grays. Thus, these birds have the kind of color pattern that easily blends into their surroundings. Lesser Nighthawks are desert-dwelling birds and have a life cycle that needs a lot of camouflage. ![]()
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