Rock Nightjar

August 14, 2012
Can you see the Rock Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis) in this picture?

This is a female incubating two eggs on a large boulder in Malawi. She blends in well with the lichens and rocks around her, as long as she keeps here large black eyes closed!

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