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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. 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.
