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From: mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Back from the west coast
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Date: 31 Jul 90 17:47:01 GMT
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In article <106925@kean.ucs.mun.ca>, dgraham@kean.ucs.mun.ca (David Graham) writes:
> 
> 	One question for you California birders: why are the large 
> flocks of Common Nighthawk so active in broad daylight in arid 
> country? We're used to seeing them become active a dusk, but in 
> California we frequently saw large numbers at all hours of the day as 
> well as in the evening. Just curious...

	I saw a flock of about twenty Common Nighthawks actively
foraging at midday at Arapahoe NWR in Colorado back in June. The
literature that I have read seems to indicate that daytime activity
of these birds is not all that unusual.

Mike