Re: [cobirds] Common Nighthawk

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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Roxborough, CO

On Mar 15, 2014, at 8:19 AM, David Ely <mountainplover@gmail.com> wrote:

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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