In reply to Deborah Sparn's question (on Oct 9) regarding latest dates for Common Nighthawk in Boulder County:
The records of the Boulder County Wildlife Inventory, maintained by Boulder County Audubon Society, from 1978 to the present show that in most years the last report of Common Nighthawk occurs near the very end of August. There are a few September reports, typically from the city of Boulder or the east of the county --- including 1993 Sep 28, 1995 Sep 24, 1999 Sep 22, 2006 Sep 9, and 2007 Sep 2. However, the VERY LATEST REPORT is from 1988 NOVEMBER 12 with one bird reported from Area 42 (the foothills area immediately west of Boulder that includes the Walker Ranch open space) by Marilyn and Richard Hudson, who lived in that area and were very familiar with both Common Nighthawk and Common Poorwill. They regularly reported both species during the summer months. Details of the Boulder County Wildlife Inventory can be found at www.boulderaudubon.org/inventory.htm Alex Brown Boulder On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 19:48 -0600, Debra Sparn wrote: > Returned from NOT seeing the hummingbird at Bill Schmoker’s house. > (BTW, the weather report was rather off!) > > However, on the way home I did see a Common Nighthawk on Colo. 119 > just west of Hoover Rd. > > So this leads to a question: what is the latest date for Com. > Nighthawk for Boulder County/Colorado? > > Debra Sparn > Boulder, Colorado > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
