Earlier this evening while I walked in Florence River Park on east side of Florence I spotted a large number of birds flying in a sort of line of birds. I thought they must be gulls but turned out they were Common Nighthawks (presumptive, the ones I could see clearly were Common Nighthawks and that is the likely species). They just kept coming--there were at least 75 nighthawks in this migrating flock and more likely 100. I got several good pics including one photo with more than 60 nighthawks in the picture--I have uploaded them to my Birds and Nature blog.
This was an awesome spectacle especially since Common Nighthawks have been in decline. The most I think I have seen migrating down the Arkansas River corridor was 12 birds in 2014.You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
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