Sand Fly Feast by Ken _Gilliland
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Description
The Sand-colored Nighthawk is found in Northern South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela). It’s preferred habitat is mainly rivers and marshes in forest and secondary growth, on rocky islands, sandy beaches and sandbars. It is also found near riverside villages and airstrips. It is a lowland species, recorded from sea-level to 500 m. While many species within the nightjar family prefer to hunt alone, along certain stretches of river where aerial insects are particularly abundant, enormous congregations of several hundreds of Sand-colored Nighthawks can be found in late afternoon moving up and downstream.
Rendered in Poser 2014 GD without postwork. Models include Noggins' Fly, Flink's Sunset, DinoRaul's Trees201206 and my "Frogmouths, Nightjars & Goatsuckers" (in development).
Comments (3)
Outstyanding creation and composition... Wonderfully done my friend !!!
marvelous image
Very cool and great image. That would be quite a sight to see all those birds diving and hunting.
This does remind me of a time some years ago. I used to have to park in a lower lot for an old job and I'd follow the paved walkway between a pair of athletic fields. One day there was an amazing sight I only saw once. There were loads of small gnat like insects being chased and eaten by hundreds of dragonflies which were in turn being chased and eaten by a large flock of starlings. I believe it was starlings, it was quite a while ago. But it was interesting to see the food chain playing out all around me as I strolled to my car.