>A fellow I met there a few days ago said he had seen a _Nighthawk_ in
>the Clay-colored Sparrow area, and I wish he would post his
>observations to Tweeters, because his description implied that it
>might be nesting there. One of our party saw a Nighthawk there
>later, while two of us were out beating the bush for the sparrow.
>
>Burt Guttman guttmanb at elwha.evergreen.edu

I just came back from vacation - I haven't gone looking to see if the
Clay-colored Sparrow is still around, but the nighthawks are back in
droves. Walk through the clearcut in the evening, or in any of the
immediately adjacent neighborhoods. They must be nesting somewhere
nearby - on the ground in the clearcuts? How does one verify nesting
in nighthawks?


Eric Kraig
Olympia
kraig at wln.com