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The article provides photographic evidence of a White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis flying low above the sea in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, on August 25, 2010. Nightjars behaving similarly in the same area in the days before obtaining the conclusive photographs are also observed. It suggests that the Nightjars were on southerly migration, returning from their wintering sojourn in New Guinea to their breeding grounds in Australia. It also cites other relevant sightings and discusses the significance of this behaviour.