Dark brown, gray spotted, throat white, legs short. Flight: long pointed, black
prominent with white; prominent wing bar in middle; long, notched tail. Flies high,
erratically, nasal voice, hunts at night.
Common Poorwill - confirmed presence
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
Sighted at the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve (a lush, well-watered preserve
3 miles [4.8 kilometers] north of Cerro Bonanza, near La Ciénega.)
Common Nighthawk - SUMMER
Sighted at the Ortiz Mountains Educational Preserve (an isolated high
mountain group -- 7,000 to 9,000 feet [2,133.6 to 2,743.2 meters] elevation --
eight miles [12.9 kilometers] south of Cerrillos.)
Common Nighthawk, Common Poorwill - as of '04
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