14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Jungle Nightjar with chick camouflaged on the forest floor

Hide and Seek- Nightjars are most active at dawn and dusk when they hunt … …it took me a full five minutes to discover that amidst the leaves on the forest floor there was a nightjar and that too with its chick so well camouflaged.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2016
Date Uploaded: 11.2016
Photo Location: Bhopal, India
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Copyright: © Aishwarya Sridhar