Here is an interesting character with odd Nightjar habits like laying eggs on rocks or even on a flat tarred roof. They are fairly solitary though the male displays with a spectacular power dive to seal his courtship bargain. They like to sit on the ground like this one at the Santa Cruz Arboretum, and are attracted to street and other outdoor lights where they come to scoop up swarming insects. Unfortunately, he sounds something like a frog or a rubber band when he tries to sing for his female, though she apparently likes it since they often produce up to two broods a year.