The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-16
A GYMNAsr or TnE NIGHT AIN.
The DoinEs of the NfEhtawk-HIs
Flights Ia the Night Time.

Flights Ia the Night Time.
From the kiusas city star
10 al dusk on a warm summer evening
sou arc trHmprE through fragrant
daisy FIELD in New ENGLAND. you are aDt
to see "a louE-wInesd gray bird rise and
e"ar away skyWsrd ut.ering az intervals
a loud nasal cali Of Ieeut. peent"' Tnis
BE- we r.@athawk b.rd - whose resi-
Z ilfe comparatively Httls i known Whence
ns received DTS name ] know not. frr al
though he iF as Ftiy uird % the nlgst
~ any owl can be-. be- no more a hawk
tlau Ae .s e wrathercork lie is prom
ln,nt member Of ths inis, family % goa
suckers end hrtt cousin To the whip
poof-will ana chuck Will e. widow. Ills ha
bits are entirely different from those o.
most ri thc birds We see lu eastern North
America.
About thc m ddIo az October the night
hawks gather together ia hocks and leave
ue bleak Ncw England landscape for
tlelr winte. home Boz South America.
They do not return until the following
Mas About sunset YOU may see one
mount into the air from some pasture
~ teek-studdcd hillside away above your
head. a. Dee scars you see what appears
to Dee a large hole iu each dark wing.
through wfl.h sou saem 90 see the sky.
iu reality these appearing holes are whde
patches on thc wings Possibly these CON
spieuous marks enable the mate OF tho
bird 10 distinguish b more readily in the
g.oom. or they may serve as guiding
lights 60 fs comrades in their long night
JOURNEYS 20 ana from the south
] DO not imagine ihat an adult night
hawk would make great success as
pedestrian lut orre ,n the air he Is an
athlete un acrobat and an aeronaut In
ON. The variety OF his movements l.
endless ana 10 4. never tossible 10 pre-
dtrt fust what he Is going TO do next
Novv 10 Il. ,,.h..itpo v-tth r.rgd atrhf "a
mere enert nQatus, tine skv. tbeu with
, fep. xlgz,g d,o.r,,.,rd rhoots he ia ait-
fins. h.ffIk. uot f,r above YOUR head
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Cioe' su,'-s SION tu''' "te i'N t't.A
h"ppiukr OF ms "lhks anu theh ha!i
Waf" IKE DARK me'eoI- Al the ths
when you might expect 70 see MIN dashed
upon me ground he saves himsef 10y On
abrupt turn, ana again mounts skywafd
as lcisureN NJ before
~ The instant OF the sudden check In
Die downward course there b. heard
sound nor only curious lnd unbiralike. but
quite startling. II heard close hy and for
the hrst time. This sound, which Is made
by the air rushing through the outer
feathers 81 The wings is not always the
same it differs with the speed AZ wh'co
the bird is descending. fhe angle or the
descent. aud tine abrupinees with which
a g. checked. Generally Speaking the
moro perpe molecular and rapid the desc ent,
aud the more abrupt The turn, the louder
and deeper The sound Sometimes the lat
ter Is like the report % distant oanron.
az other times Ike the single toot OF
steamboat whistle ana occasionally IKE
the sound Of wind sweeping the Strings
OF an heolian harp.
Although N D. an easy matter 10 iHeuu-
~ nighthawk 10 ihe evening when is
figure IS in relief against the sky. g. Is
ny no means a. easy 90 10 go ~ the DAY
time. when ~ ls tfually silent and very
lneousplcuous- IT fherc hhnpen@ 20 % an
eld apple orchard or g nlt o. "" lnlhna ~
the vicinity ~ the helds over Wnlcn me
birds course no night look Tor your lrl.n
on tHt H"t i1'i'iii "i'n i''''- i"' s"N' ,'''t
h' eToucnes along o'auch ana se'lon
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birds do together with the TACT th't ne
notified piumhke looks Almost eNa.tls
Ike q piece OF hcheh-'oN'tel park. " ,-I
ms discovery auYiIA"s put ''sg- DI'D
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