A hand holding a small sketchbook turned horizontally to show an ink and watercolor drawing of a small round bird with a big eye, surrounded by a blue background with gold dots and a black line border.

Nightjar - "A bird that sucks milk from the udders of goats" (bestiary.ca)

Also called goatsuckers, part of a very old misunderstanding (?) that they would drink goats milk directly from the goat. They actually eat insects.

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