Paraques are large, noisy nightjars with a wide range that includes much of the southeastern United States.  Like all nightjars, they have intricately camouflaged plumage that makes them almost invisible against natural backgrounds.   These were photographed in south Texas, and on the forest floor near Pantiacolla Lodge, at the western edge of the Amazon basin in southeastern Peru.

• Canon 7D or 1D4; 500 mm IS lens or 800 mm IS lens, some with 1.4X converter, or 70-200 mm f4 IS lens, or 100-400 mm zoom, fill-in flash (2012, 2014)