Hey Nick,

April 13 would be extreamly early for a Common Nighthawk. They are usually
one of the last birds of the spring to arrive in Washington. They
typically arrive around the last week of May. I do not have my bird
database in front of me, but I will check it later for arrival dates.

Russell

Russell Rogers
Olympia WA
mailto:rrogers at halcyon.comy


On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 NJPharris at aol.com wrote:

> Tweets,
>
> I took a short break this morning at about 10:00 and walked out of my office
> at the corner of 10th and Washington in downtown Olympia. At one point I
> happened to look up and see a very dark, approx. crow-sized form with a small
> head, long, squared-off tail, and long, sharply tapered wings zoom by, about
> 10m off the ground, using rapid, shallow wingbeats. It eventually landed in
> the top of an evergreen tree, too far for me to make out any details.
>
> Could this have been a nighthawk? I've never identified one before. What
> else could it have been?
>
> Nick Pharris
> Olympia, WA
> NJPharris at aol.com
>