| 单词 | nightjar |
| 例句 | I sat there and watched as the owls and the nightjars took their positions. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z There were no nightjars or fireflies or hawks to be seen. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Soon after, somewhere near them, they heard the unceasing bubbling of a nightjar—a peaceful sound, without menace, which died gradually away as they pushed on. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings there were fireflies in the courtyard, and he could hear the cries of the nightjars as they circled overhead. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Finally, at dusk when the nightjars and bats began to fly and the setting sun had passed from orange to gray, Ultima came through the front door of the house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Catch glimpses of yellow wagtails, greater flamingos, spoonbills and red-necked nightjars at a park that was founded to protect endangered birds. | Taroudant, Morocco 2013-05-14T16:06:02Z Nightingale, greenfinch, grey partridge, marsh tit, skylark, nightjar and tree pipit - all Red List species - have been recorded. Wild Woodbury: Red List bird species return after rewilding 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The site, as the tower company later acknowledged, destroyed some of the nesting habitat of the Puerto Rican nightjar, a tiny endangered songbird. The FCC is supposed to protect the environment. It doesn’t 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z The research group found that the cilia are notably absent from feathers of barn owls and nightjars, two species that stalk prey at night. Winged “PigeonBot” Flies with Real Feathers 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z A single pair of nightjars have nested and raised chicks on an area of restored heathland at the charity's headquarters in Sandy, Bedfordshire. Elusive nightjar back at RSPB reserve 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Fiery-necked nightjars called to each other, their shrill onomatopoeic cry—“Good Lord deliver us”—was a plaintive supplication to the silent gods of the African wilderness. Exclusive: An Inside Look at Cecil the Lion’s Final Hours 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z There are lots of other rare species too - the Siberian rubythroat is very rare here, and there are nightjars. My Day: Prakash the Bharatpur bird guide - BBC News 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z In that episode in Puerto Rico, a developer had cleared scarce habitat of the endangered nightjar in 2014 before completing any environmental review. The FCC is supposed to protect the environment. It doesn’t 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z “I arrived on Lombok three days after George for the purpose of getting tape recordings of the same species of nightjar George wanted to record and for the same reason,” says King. Rinjani scops owl: New owl species discovered in Indonesia 2013-02-14T02:45:00.237Z They were spotted by a birdwatcher on 3 June after he heard the nightjar's distinctive "churring" call. Elusive nightjar back at RSPB reserve 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z How difficult it is to see a partridge, snipe, woodcock, certain plovers, larks, and nightjars when crouched on the ground. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z There are very few birds in it; but the nightingale sings there all day and the nightjar sings there all night. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z It was a high serene night with a growing moon and a scattered company of major stars, and if no choir of nightingales sang there was at least a very active nightjar. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z While I was recording the nightjar, I heard a song that sounded like an owl, but unlike any I’d heard in years of fieldwork in Indonesia. Rinjani scops owl: New owl species discovered in Indonesia 2013-02-14T02:45:00.237Z A nightjar was swooping through the air like a swallow, uttering his weird evening call, "Chyeece, chyeece, chyeece!" as they went through a fringe of dwarf bamboos and up into the shadow of the trees. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Some species which are manifestly coloured for the sake of protection, such as the jack-snipe, woodcock, and nightjar, are likewise marked and shaded, according to our standard of taste, with extreme elegance. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z What about the nightjars you have seen hawking round the oak trees in Surrey, after sunset?” Real Gold A Story of Adventure He soon woke up, and withdrew to the chapel, and on his p. 32return we talked together for three-quarters of an hour about the brown owl, the nightjar, and other birds. Wanderings in South America Frogs were croaking, a thousand natterjacks were whirring like the nightjar. The Broom-Squire A nightjar sent out its liquid, reiterated note from the heather, and a star climbed above the edge of the dark hill. Beside Still Waters Needless to say, there is no truth whatever in the accusation, for the nightjar would find no more pleasure in drinking milk than we should in eating moths. Birds in the Calendar Though storms often raged during the day, the wind almost invariably blew itself out towards night, leaving a dead calm, broken only by the tramp of sentries or the distant rattling hum of a nightjar. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany Skimming about the oak-trees he saw the nightjars again, every swoop meaning death to some unfortunate moth or beetle. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story There, the nightjar plies its calling, not so blind but that it can see in deepest darkness the smallest moth or midge, that, tired of perching on the heated leaves essays to soar higher. The Death Shot A Story Retold The melodious buzzing of nightjars in hot mid-summer evenings, as they swept softly along the heather, lived constantly in his memory. Beside Still Waters The difference in this respect between the two subjects of these remarks is that the nightjar is invariably silent all through the day, whereas the nightingale sings joyously at all hours. Birds in the Calendar Directly after a cloud of largish birds, somewhat like the British nightjar in appearance, came swooping by, separating as soon as they were outside, and making for the forest patches across the canon. Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig Other birds, however, like the storks, which fly much, and the owls and nightjars, have all the bones in the body thus filled with air which they obtain from the air-cells. Chatterbox, 1905. The nightjars help to swell the nocturnal chorus. A Bird Calendar for Northern India He had heard a cry—of a nightjar—but so strange and eerie that it made him hold his breath. The Parts Men Play As has been said, both these birds are summer migrants, the nightingale arriving on our shores about the middle of April, the nightjar perhaps a fortnight later. Birds in the Calendar Only those who have endured the torment of hot nights in the tropics can appreciate his thankfulness as in the silence broken only by the monotonous cry of the nightjars he drowsed contentedly to sleep. The Jungle Girl Dor-hawk may be a name for the nightjar, but properly dorr is not; and if it were, it would be forbidden by daw so long as it neglected its trill. Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems In the forest tracts Franklin's and Horsfield's nightjars make the welkin ring. A Bird Calendar for Northern India As we return towards the old manor house the nightjar, or goatsucker, is droning loudly, and a nightingale--actually a nightingale!--is singing in the copse. A Cotswold Village "And there," I said, "are the nightingale and the nightjar for orchestra." Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance Overhead A nightjar rustles by, wing touching wing, And passes, uttering His hoarse and whirring note. Georgian Poetry 1918-19 As a set-off to these early visits of the cuckoo, a nightjar has hunted round the islet for moths, both at dusk and during the night, when its note may often be heard. The Naturalist on the Thames The nightjars are as vociferous as they were in March; their breeding season is now at its height. A Bird Calendar for Northern India On summer evenings it is a place in which to hear the nightingale, and later to see the glow-worm, and listen to the purring of the nightjar. John Keble's Parishes "Now we shall know whether it really is the nightjar, or Simpson gargling." The Holiday Round As we passed down a steep hill of heather, where the nightjars were clapping their wings in the moonlight, she told me a long story of the way she had been frightened. In Wicklow and West Kerry The Wotjobaluk said that the bat was the man’s “brother” and that the nightjar was his “wife.” The Golden Bough We did not reach the inn at Brockenhurst until about nine o'clock, just at nightfall, and a few minutes before that we heard a nightjar. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Dusk gathered; the first white stars appeared; out of the shadowy fields a nightjar purred. The Return Here toads and bats and owls and nightjars had come to drink, with rats and stoats who left their footprints in the mud. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Beneath the shrill overtone of the nightjars, what noiseless grey shapes, what deep breathings and cracklings and creepings might there not be?... The Research Magnificent It was like a watchman's rattle—a nightjar! The Research Magnificent So there were nightjars here in India, too! The Research Magnificent |
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