I have seen CONI at Magnuson Park. The WA Breeding bird atlas (and Wahl &
Paulson's book) show CONI on the west side.

Rick Romea
Seattle, WA
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-----Original Message-----
From: S. Downes <sdownes at u.washington.edu>
To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, July 06, 1998 10:48 AM
Subject: Common Nighthawk in City


>Tweets,
>On Saturday evening I watched a Common Nighthawk flyby the Northern End of
>Lk. Union at about 9:30 Pm. Since I have never seen a Nighthawk in the
>City during the summer (did once see one in September of 1996) my question
>is have other people seen Nighthawks in Cities areas (doesn't have to be
>Seattle), and any speculations on what might have attracted them to the
>city. Do to the recent discussions and the caution at the word Tit I
>probably better not bring up the word GOATSUCKER for fear of getting my
>mouth washed out with soap ;).
>I will be on Lopez Island for the next 9+ days perhaps I can have some
>interesting sightings to report back when I return.
>
>Scott Downes
>sdownes at u.washington.edu
>Seattle WA
>
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