Chuck-Will's-Widow
(Caprimulgus carolinensis)

 

 

 

 

This

is a 30 second m4a recording of a Chuck-Will's-Widow.

 

 

There is no photograph.

"True to its name, this bird can be heard singing chuck-will's-widow continuously in the early evening on a summer's night in the rural south. The largest North American nightjar is shy and will often flush at the slightest disturbance, fluttering away on silent wings." (Fred J. Alsop, III's Birds of Texas,. p. 266)

"Uncommon migrant and summer resident in the eastern two-thirds of the state ... Migration occurs between early April and early May and from mid-August to early October." (Mark W. Lockwood & Brush Freeman's The TOS Handbook of Texas Birds. College Station, p. 101.)

 

 

 

The Chuck-Will's-Widow is a nocturnal bird. It is always heard at a distance. I have never seen one, but they are a common nighttime presence.
So
I have substituted a sound file for a photograph.

 

Recorded with an iPhone, v. 5S.
Put your ear to the computer & listen closely.

May 2, 2015.