Common Nighthawk
Location: Mohawk Park--Oxley Nature Center
Map: http://www.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=36.227485,-95.891118&spn=0.016617,0.027509&t=h&z=15&msid=211656245233415273419.0004a252439c06443f1da
Observation date: 4/29/11
Number of species: 24
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 20
Wood Duck - Aix sponsa 1
Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors 13
Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata 8
Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps 7
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus 27
Great Egret - Ardea alba 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea 1
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura 2
American Coot - Fulica americana 15
Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor 26
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 1
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus 1
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 3
Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis 2
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata 2
Prothonotary Warbler - Protonotaria citrea 1
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 10
White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys 3
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 5
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea 2
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 1
Photo of a Common Nighthawk courtesy of Gavin Keefe Schaefer, via Wikipedia.org
-SPQ 5/2/2011
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