Out in the country this evening, Union Parish & found this bird by the road.

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whippoorwill

Whippoorwill; when you hear one sing it means that you are going to die soon. You found a dead one and picked it up…. Thoughts and prayers.

Did you find it in a deep
Holler

Or a strong river or

In a high pine tree

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Chuck -will’s-widow more likely.

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The overall rufous pattern, especially in the tail, and the fact that the wings appear to be more pointed would lead me to the same ID.

Hard to say for sure from those pictures, but chuck-will's-widow seems to be the right call here.

Odd group of birds these nightjars are. One common name that appears in some field guides for the family is "goatsucker", so named because of an ancient belief that they sucked milk from goats.

Old people come up with weird shite sometimes.

I found a live one perched on the hood of a car in West Baton Rouge parish many years ago, I figured they had moved on like the meadowlark.

I'm near Marion. I found it right on the road. Apparently near sunset they forage right on or near the blacktops & can get hit by oncoming cars.

I'm in Haile and have never such. You a rare find.

Nighthawk

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it had a crazy big mouth for its head & body.

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Big mouth because they fly around catching insects at night.

Very cool bird