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Blackish Nightjar (Nyctipolus nigrescens)

Blackish Nightjar is a relatively small dark nightjar, well named for its predominantly blackish plumage; this coloration provides good camouflage against this nightjar’s preferred microhabitat of granite rock outcroppings in forest clearings and along trails.

This preference means that the species is regularly encountered by ornithologists and birdwatchers, because the species is comparatively easier to find day roosting than many other nightjars in the Neotropics. Blackish Nightjar plumage also lacks any collared effect.

This species occurs from eastern Colombia across much of Amazonian Brazil, north to southern Venezuela and the Guianas, and south to Bolivia, and from sea level to approximately 1200 m.

Due to its undoubted abundance, the breeding biology of Blackish Nightjar is better known than many other Neotropical nightjars.

(Read more at Neotropical Birds)

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beezeeart:

Little is known of the mysterious void crow. Deep space asteroid miners occasionally report spotting these creatures flying in their plasma trails, but there have been few recordings. Legend says that a void crow in flight is a sign of new life to come, but if a void crow perches over a dwelling it is a sign of death or hardship to come. A void crow perched over a mine shaft is a particularly bad omen and miners have been known to refuse to work for days after a sighting.

This crow is available on Etsy

You can buy a crow pattern on Etsy or Craftsy.

I made a tutorial on how to do the eyes on Instructables

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