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The U.S. population of nighthawks has declined by about 2% per year between 1966 and 2014, amounting to a cumulative decline of 61%, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey.
Nighthawks is a 1942 oil on canvas painting by the American artist Edward Hopper that portrays four people in a downtown diner late at night as viewed through the diner's large glass window. The light coming from the diner illuminates a darkened and deserted urban streetscape.
Nighthawks prefer to nest in edge and early successional habitats, making them one of only a handful of birds which will live and hunt in burned or clearcut patches of forest. [15] The common nighthawk is drawn into urban built-up areas by insects. [5] The common nighthawk is the only nighthawk occurring over the majority of northern North America.
Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. He is one of America's most renowned artists and known for his skill in capturing American life and landscapes through his art. Born in Nyack, New York, to a middle-class family, Hopper's early exposure to art was nurtured by his parents.
The subfamily Chordeilinae contains four genera and ten species. [4] Under the genus Chordeiles exists the greatest number of diversity in species in the subfamily with the lesser nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis), the Antillean nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii), the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), the nacunda nighthawk (Chordeiles nacunda), the least nighthawk (Chordeiles pusillus), and ...
The nighthawks are confined to the New World, and the eared nightjars to Asia and Australia. [8] A number of species undertake migrations, although the secretive nature of the family may account for the incomplete understanding of their migratory habits. Species that live in the far north, such as the European nightjar or the common nighthawk ...
Nighthawks, American rap duo formed by Camu Tao and Cage. Nighthawks (Nighthawks album), a 2002 album by the duo; Nighthawks (Erik Friedlander album), 2014; Robert Nighthawk, Blues musician (1909–1967) The Nighthawks, an American blues and roots music band "Nighthawks", a song by Two Hours Traffic from the album Little Jabs
Vivek Ramaswamy's critique of '90s American culture, which he dismisses as frivolous, overlooks the joy, creativity, and meritocracy that made the era great, and the influence it had on the world.