[cobirds] Common Nighthawk Arapahoe County

[Mary Kay Waddington]

FOY Nighthawk last night.  Always beautiful to see them return.  This one
was very low and close.

Mary Kay Waddington

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[cobirds] Common nighthawk, Woodmar Square, Littleton, Jefferson County

[modise]

I started an extremely windy bike ride just after 6 am today.  I was 
surprised to see a common nighthawk on the east side of Woodmar Square 
park!  We see them frequently in the summer, but only at dusk.  It was a 
nice FOY sighting!

Bryan Arnold
Littleton, Jefferson County

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk--Denver

[Robert Righter]

Hi

Probably not that unusual of a sighting, but what could be unusual was that it 
was resting on a small bare branch, forty to fifty feet up in a dense spruce 
tree in our backyard. Makes one wonder how often does this happen and if so 
could there be more Common Nighthawks migrating through urban Denver than we 
estimate? 

Bob Righter
Denver CO 

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk ??? Jefferson County

[Larry Modesitt]

Cobirders,

I can't imagine any being here, but what else could it be? In the northeast 
corner of Jefferson, on 104th Avenue and just west of Sheridan at about 
5:20 p.m., I first saw the erratic flight, and sometimes a short dihedral 
before resuming the erratic flight. As it approached, I saw the white bars 
near the wingtips. We've had a very snow winter, and now summer is near? 

Larry Modesitt
Arvada

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk & Possible Philadelphia Vireo - Cheesman & Gardens (Denver)

[Jared Del Rosso]

I took my dog for a walk in Little Cheesman around dawn. We were briefly 
joined by two Common Nighthawk, which flew low, this time over the western 
(Williams St.) side of the park. They disappeared in that direction.

Later in the morning, I went to the Gardens, which were birdy with an 
assortment of sparrow. Near the end of my time there, I came across a vireo 
foraging in a Western River Birch, near the southern edge of Gates Montane 
Garden pond (point 20 

 
on the map). (Heavily cropped photos are here.  Feel 
free to email if you'd like the originals.) The bird took off in the 
direction of Cheesman, but I failed to relocate it. The bird looks a lot 
like the one Chris Rurik and I encountered on the 23rd. Lots of yellow wash 
and dark lores.  

Apologies, in advance, if this isn't a philly and input, as always, is 
appreciated.

- Jared Del Rosso
Denver, CO

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk - Little Cheesman - Denver

[Jared Del Rosso]

I took my dog Iggy for an evening walk in Cheesman, hoping to see the 
sapsucker before the sunset. I didn't. On our way out of main Cheesman, 
Iggy and I dawdled, hoping to spot nighthawk. We didn't. We gave up as 
clouds arrived from the west and evening from the other side. 

We took our time getting back to our car, which was parked near 7th and 
High St in "Little Cheesman." And I took my time leaving our parking spot, 
reading a few urgent, unexpected, but well-timed work emails from the 
driver's seat. Those emails held me up long enough for a nighthawk to swoop 
by, low into Little Cheesman. I told Iggy I'd be right back, hopped out, 
then stood in the field as three of the birds swept through. (I believe 
there were three. One would come by, I'd watch it, turn and see two. But 
perhaps the first joined a second in the time when I lost track of it.) 
 One came by at eye level, an arm's length or so away. 

This all happened around 7:15-7:25 PM. The birds came in from the east 
(approx. Race St.). I observed them from the High St side of the park, 
midway between 7th and 8th. I don't know that they make a habit of visiting 
Little Cheesman nightly, but it seems worth investigating. 

Interestingly, on June 8, I saw a nighthawk fly out, then back into, Race 
St between 7th and 8th. This happened once or twice. The bird didn't make 
any territorial displays -- just disappeared out of view behind the houses 
east of Little Cheesman. 

- Jared Del Rosso
Denver, CO

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk

[Tina Jones]

Like Dave, I had my first Common Nighthawk of the year, early this evening . As 
I have said to others, I consider it a privilege to see native birds now. Years 
ago, I took for granted seeing all the large numbers of individuals of a bird 
specie.  How sad to actually observe certain individuals of animal species  
decline.
 
 Not too many Bats in my neighborhood like there used to be.
 
We could use a lot of Common Nighthawks in Colorado this year ,  because they 
EAT so many mosquitos  and because their calls are so cool to hear
 
Best,
Tina Jones
Littleton,  Jefferson County, CO
  

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Last Thursday, as the sky was building up to hit north Longmont and 
Berthoud with a tornado, the sky above my house in west Longmont was abuzz 
with Barn and Cliff Swallows, gobbling up the bugs that had been lifted by 
the moving air. Among them was my FOS Common Nighthawk with its familiar 
PEENT, hunting way higher than the swallows.

Also, if you haven't seen them, the Boulder County Fairgrounds Osprey are 
feeding 3 hungry chicks. Check them out on the Osprey 
Cam: http://www.bouldercounty.org/os/openspace/pages/ospreycamera.aspx

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk, Pueblo

[Leon Bright]

COBirders,

  About 20 minutes ago I heard a familiar call in the sky while in my back
yard.  I looked up and confirmed a solitary Common Nighthawk.  When growing
up over 60 years ago in the Midwest large flocks of this species were
ubiquitous.  The booming of their wings was quite distinct and I believe
most rural people recognized what many of them called bull-bats.  They
were also fairly common 35 years ago in Pueblo and Custer counties.  Now,
unfortunately, hearing/seeing one gives me a pang of nostalgia and the urge
to report it to COBirds.

Leon Bright, Pueblo

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk, Boulder Co.

[Paula Hansley]

As I was driving through Louisville this morning, I saw a lone nighthawk 
skimming just above the tops of houses and trees!  My FOS. 

Paula Hansley
Louisville

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk distraction display

[Davis]

Spooked up a nesting common nighthawk (2 chicks) on my north slope, he/she
flew downslope 30 yards,

And fluttered around with mouth wide open.I backed off immediately, but
then snuck back above and peered

Down and spotted the two chicks.   Some broken egg shells nearby (bad
housekeeping?), and the 'nest' was just

A random spot in the tree litter, about 3 feet from the base of an open
ponderosa pine.

 

3 species of hummers around currently (Black-chinned is tough here), and red
crossbills, as well as the usual

Foothills birds (including hairy woodpeckers who think they are
hummingbirds).

 

Call if you want to come by and sit on the deck; I'm retired, so usually
home.

 

Raymond Davis - 303-823-5332at 6,000 ft. 4 miles NW of Lyons

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Re: [cobirds] Common Nighthawk

[David Ely]

Co birders,

The other very real possibility is common goldeneyes flying up the river 
calling.  They can sound almost exactly like common nighthawks.

David Ely
Salem, MA

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Re: [cobirds] Common Nighthawk

[Greg Pasquariello]

That's interesting, I hadn't considered that.  I just listened to a recording 
and I concur; they do sound similar.  I don't have enough of the memory to say 
that was what I heard, but it's certainly more likely than either a 2 month 
early nighthawk or a woodcock.

The call was fairly high (altitude-wise) and that helped it sound very much 
like a nighthawk, but there's no reason it couldn't have been a passing 
goldeneye.

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 Co birders,
 
 The other very real possibility is common goldeneyes flying up the river 
 calling.  They can sound almost exactly like common nighthawks.
 
 David Ely
 Salem, MA
 
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Re: [cobirds] Common Nighthawk

[Nathan Pieplow]

I am unaware that Common Goldeneyes ever give their nighthawk-like calls in
flight or at night.  These are not the equivalent of other duck quacks; I
believe they are only given by males displaying on the water, while
throwing their heads back.  Many ducks do give display sounds during
courtship chase flights, but I think this would be quite unlikely at night
or at high altitude in any species, and BNA's description of the display
flight in Common Goldeneye appears to correspond to the very short-range
leapfrogging flight I've seen them do from the back to the front of
courting groups on the water, without vocalizing.  Furthermore, male Common
Goldeneyes make loud whistles with their wings in flight (usually?
always?), and if you were close enough to hear the call, you likely would
have been close enough to hear the wing whistles as well.

If the sound came from high in the air, we may be able to rule out American
Woodcock as well, because according to BNA and Sibley, they only make those
nighthawk-like peent sounds from the ground, BEFORE taking to the wing in
their nocturnal display flights.  The sounds they make in the air are
high-pitched chirping twitters (made by their wings).

If you hear a Common Nighthawk in Colorado prior to late May, there's an
extremely good chance you're hearing an imitation, probably by European
Starlings, which have fooled me several times -- at least during the day.
A call from high altitude at night is more consistent with a nighthawk, but
the date is more than eight weeks earlier than the species would be
expected in the area.

Nathan Pieplow
Boulder



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 That's interesting, I hadn't considered that.  I just listened to a
 recording and I concur; they do sound similar.  I don't have enough of the
 memory to say that was what I heard, but it's certainly more likely than
 either a 2 month early nighthawk or a woodcock.

 The call was fairly high (altitude-wise) and that helped it sound very
 much like a nighthawk, but there's no reason it couldn't have been a
 passing goldeneye.

 Regards
 -Greg Pasquariello
 ---
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 Co birders,

 The other very real possibility is common goldeneyes flying up the river
 calling.  They can sound almost exactly like common nighthawks.

 David Ely
 Salem, MA

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Re: [cobirds] Common Nighthawk

[Deborah Carstensen]

Okay, I thought I heard a nighthawk over my house a couple of evenings ago.  It 
was a very brief call, but it certainly made me  turn my head and look up to 
the skies! It would be amazing if it were Woodcock but then again it would be 
way cool for it to be a nighthawk so early. 
  I live in unincorporated Arapahoe County, just a mile or so west of the 
Platte River near downtown Littleton. Deb Carstensen, unincorporated Arapahoe 
County

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 About 8PM I heard a single Common Nighthawk over north Downtown Littleton, 
 right along the Platte.  Way early, no?
 
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Re: [cobirds] Common Nighthawk

[Greg Pasquariello]

I actually did consider woodcock I'm from NJ and very familiar.  Though
it's been a while, I recall woodcock as a much drier call than nighthawk,
which has always seemed more musical to me.

I'm certainly not ruling it out though.  If anyone wants to go tonight to
check, it was along the Platte river just south of where Prince St crosses
Santa Fe, and the high tension wires run along the river.  I was in the
parking lot of those town homes there.

I might head up there this evening when there's still some light.


Regards
-Greg Pasquariello
Littleton, CO



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 Yes but not too early for a displaying woodcock. The vocal note, uttered
 from high overhead, is very similar, and the location near the River is
 compatible. If it is a territorial woodcock, it should call again tomorrow
 night as well and maybe also predawn.

 For readers unfamiliar with American woodcock, it.is an eastern bird
 considered accidental in Colorado, but possibly overlooked. An early spring
 migrant was seen by many last month in El Paso County.

 Nick Komar
 Fort Collins

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 About 8PM I heard a single Common Nighthawk over north Downtown Littleton,
 right along the Platte.  Way early, no?

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk

[Greg Pasquariello]

About 8PM I heard a single Common Nighthawk over north Downtown Littleton, 
right along the Platte.  Way early, no?

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Re: [cobirds] Common Nighthawk

[Nick Komar]

Yes but not too early for a displaying woodcock. The vocal note, uttered from 
high overhead, is very similar, and the location near the River is compatible. 
If it is a territorial woodcock, it should call again tomorrow night as well 
and maybe also predawn. 

For readers unfamiliar with American woodcock, it.is an eastern bird considered 
accidental in Colorado, but possibly overlooked. An early spring migrant was 
seen by many last month in El Paso County. 

Nick Komar
Fort Collins

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 About 8PM I heard a single Common Nighthawk over north Downtown Littleton, 
 right along the Platte.  Way early, no?
 
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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk, Gunnison County

[Paula Hansley]

On Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 4:50 pm, Terry Cookro and I saw a Common Nighthawk
as it flew across highway 50 in front of the car.  We were about 10 miles
east of Gunnison.

This seems like a late sighting, perhaps due to the warm weather and lack
of a major cold front in September.

Paula Hansley
Louisville

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk migration over Louisville, Boulder Co.

[Paula Hansley]

I saw dozens of nighthawks about 3 pm today (just ahead of our torrential
rain) heading south over Louisville just above the tree tops!
Even though they were flying erratically, they were gradually heading
south.  Finally, I stopped on Pine St.
so that I could count them.  I counted at least 80 before they stopped
flying over; however, I have no idea how many I missed.
There was a 10 mph north breeze at the time.

Paula Hansley
Louisville

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk South Boulder Creek Trailhead

[Michael King]

I was surprised to see an out-of-season Common Nighthawk around 9 am this 
morning at the South Boulder Creek Trailhead.  He flew and landed in a small 
grove of trees adjacent to the pond across from the South Boulder Creek 
Trailhead parking lot on the corner of Highway 93 and Thomas Lane (dirt road a 
little over 2 miles south of Table Mesa.)

Diana King
Boulder

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk South Boulder Creek Trailhead - additional details

[Michael King]

The bird was not a Poorwill or Whip-poor-will.  I saw the wing bars across the 
wing very clearly.  I only saw the bird for less than two minutes in the air 
and as it landed.  As it banked before landing I saw the wing shape clearly. I 
had initially thought as it caught my eye that it was a white-winged dove as I 
saw the white on the side in flight but as I got it in the binoculars it 
turned, banked and landed.  It landed flat on the branch of a tree and I could 
not relocate it.  A dove would not have disappeared on the tree branch which 
confirms to me that it was a nighthawk. The wings were pointy not round and 
they were bent swept back at the elbow with the clear white bars on the outside 
tips of the wing below the elbow.

I am reporting it because of the season.  I hope others can find it.

I'm pretty sure it was not a Lesser Nighthawk since the white was not as low on 
the tip of the wing as the Lessers that we used to see in Arizona.  Michael's 
email is posted to co-birds, mine is not.  I will have to get registered.

If anyone relocates it, I would appreciate knowing.  Conversely if anyone sees 
a white-winged dove in that area, I would also appreciate knowing.

Diana King
Boulder, CO

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk

[Nicolle Martin]

I had a Common Nighthawk (female I think) camped out on my deck railing from
at least noon until 8 p.m. last Wednesday.  Every hour or so she would preen
and adjust her position.  She returned the following day as well and camped
out on my neighbor's deck railing.

Nicolle Martin, Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk, Hummers

[Tina Jones]

In case anyone is interested in Common Nighthawk sightings, I saw and heard one 
calling late afternoon, sunday, 5/1.
 
My hummingbirds have arrived the earliest ever this spring. Broad-tailed 
Hummingbird arrived in my yard May 1st, as compared to arriving  in years past, 
5/7,and 5/9. A f. Black-chinned Hummingbird showed up 5/8 and is still here. 
This is the earliest date for this bird I have had so far. In the past they 
have arrived, the end of the first week of June, or the end of the second week 
of June.
 
Tina Jones
Littleton, Jefferson County, CO   

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk - Jeffco

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,

This a.m. Tammy heard a Common Nighthawk near Alameda and Union in Lakewood.

 

Ira Sanders

Golden, CO

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk

[Tina Jones]

Hi all,
Deb Carstenson and I saw one Common Nighthawk flycatching over a meadow and 
Spruce/Fir habitat in Rocky Mountain National Park[western side]. This was on 
9/23, in Grand County. Elevation is about 8900 feet at this location, and the 
location was about 6 miles beyond and after, the western entrance to RMNP. Like 
so many other folks, I have seen very few this summer.
 
Happy Birding!
Tina Jones
Littleton, Jefferson County, CO.  

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk, Gunbarrel

[Walter M Szeliga]

Dear Cobirders,
	I just had my FOS Common Nighthawk at Twin Lakes in Gunbarrel.   
Summer is here.


Cheers,
Walter Szeliga
Boulder, CO

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