Re: [cobirds] Common Nighthawk

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

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Nick Komar <quetzal65@comcast.net> wrote:

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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On Mar 13, 2014, at 9:31 PM, Greg Pasquariello <greg@pasq.net> wrote:

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

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