~ Birds of the Day : 5-17-99 ~

7:30pm ~ sunny ~ 70° ~ wind: calm
We were sitting on or patio just before dark.
9-10 "nightjars" flew over one after the other.
I thought they were seagulls until we looked at them through binoculars.
Then we identified them as Common Nighthawks.


~ Birds Seen in the Past: ~

Hermit Thrush
Coots
Ring-billed Duck
Cinnamon Teal
Water Pipit
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Common Pigeon
Mourning Dove
House Sparrow
European Starling
American Robin
Western Meadowlark
Northern Mockingbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Raven
Audubon's Warbler
House Finch
House Finch (Orange variant)
Rock Wren
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
Killdeer
American Kestral (Sparrow Hawk)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
Say's Phoebe
Violet-Green Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
cartoon owl on a stump


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