David Wade and I searched for almost 2 hrs before spotting the Lucy's Warbler adjacent to the office/shop building at Eaton Cemetery at 7:53 pm this evening. Other goodies present were the continuing Red-eyed Vireo, Cassin's Kingbird, Common Poorwill, Broad-winged Hawk and best of all, a nighthawk. I believe it was a Lesser Nighthawk. Here is the description I included in eBird:
Flew through cemetery at 8:19 pm headed north towards tilled field. Bird seemed small for a nighthawk and its narrow wings were less pointed than Common Nighthawk. It flew slowly with erratic flight path about 25 feet above ground (way below treetops which 60-80 feet), only about 30 feet from us. Appeared in silhouette (backlit) which may explain lack of noticeable white wing patches, or a female which lacks bright white patches. It was silent. Within last 2 weeks I have observed 2 CONI and about 50 LENI (in Arizona) and this bird matched my experience with LENI. Nick Komar Fort Collins CO Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5B572FFA-4C25-45E1-BC7A-61B4761F5671%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
