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Re: colorado nightjar noise?



I lived in Boulder for a year and birded in Lyons many times. Common
Nighthawks can definately be found there and are a good possibility
even at 8,000 feet. I obviously cant say whether you had a Poorwill or
a Nighthawk but either is a possibility.
I never managed to find a Poorwill myself, another western bird that I
missed and now have to make special trips to find :(

Bruce Young
Durham, NC
Young715@yahoo.com

--- Kate Finlayson <katefin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Will and other intense birders,
>  I got back from Colorado in July and saw many great
> birds ( 11,000 feet and 8,000 feet), but recorded
> one
> bird at 8,000 feet in canyon country early in
> AM(from
> 4:30-5:45 am)that never stopped. over and over
> again.
> I assumed it was a nightjar, but the only one in
> that
> area is common poorwill, and my tape did not exactly
> match the thayer cd-rom vocals or Audubon video
> vocals. Could it be a variation, or was it something
> completely different ? Do you or anyone have an
> idea?
> I was in Lyons, near Boulder, CO.  Kate

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