[birding] [Fwd: Possible LESSER NIGHTHAWK]

[Joel Geier]

Hi folks,

Alan Contreras sent this to me last evening. A check of the Nevada birds
list shows that Lesser Nighthawks aren't yet arriving in Las Vegas
(where they're regular), so there are some timing problems as well as
range problems with that suggestion. 

Still, weirder things have happened along that stretch of the Willamette
River ...

Happy birding,
Joel

P.S. Will & Linda are right, I should have thought twice before posting
that nest location.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Alan Contreras <acontrer at mindspring.com>
To: Joel Geier <joel.geier at peak.org>
Subject: Possible LESSER NIGHTHAWK
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 21:00:05 -0800

Joel, can you post to midvalley, I'm not a
Member. Location is Thornton lake north Albany, if I remember the name
of the lake right.

Alan Contreras
Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:


> From: Tristen <tmanindahouse at gmail.com>
> Date: March 1, 2010 8:45:04 PM PST
> To: Alan Contreras <acontrer at MINDSPRING.COM>
> Subject: Re: Bird
> 
> 

> Buy i went to look for it, i heard some sort of trill off in the
> distance.
> Do they trill??
> 
> Tristen Gholson
> 541-971-9315
> 
> On Mar 1, 2010, at 8:31 PM, Alan Contreras <acontrer at MINDSPRING.COM>
> wrote:
> 
> > Far too early for Common Nighthawk, which doesn't arrive until late
> > May.
> > Was it making any sounds?  There are a couple of possible sight
> > records of
> > Lesser Nighthawk, though April would be more likely.  Also maybe a
> > shorebird
> > like Killdeer or even yellowlegs?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Alan Contreras
> > EUGENE, OREGON
> > acontrer at mindspring.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > From: Tristen Gholson <tmanindahouse at gmail.com>
> > > Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 20:26:44 -0800
> > > To: Alan Contreras <acontrer at MINDSPRING.COM>
> > > Subject: Bird
> > > 
> > > There was a night-hawk like bird flying around at dusk, i think it
> > > was.
> > > It had pointed wings, probly a common nighthawk.
> > > 
> > > Tristen Gholson
> > > 541-971-9315
> > 
> >