Around 4:30pm I spotted a Nightjar in the trees from the path just south from Captain's Bench in the Rambles - it could be observed on a dead branch sticking out from the tallest tree to the west about 3/4 of the way up. Although at a distance, it seemed the size of Whippoorwill and greyish streaked breast, it was very badly back lit, but I thought I could see a white patch on the wing shoulder. Probably a Common Nighthawk (which others have spotted recently on LI). I got a couple of birders with cameras to take pictures which may be more definitive.
Happy Birding, Alan Drogin -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
