Canada (Ontario)
Aug 15 2021
juvenile
Cornwall - Common Nighthawks no longer breed in our region so if we want to see one in the summer we have to head almost two hours northwest onto part of the Canadian Shield. They prefer open rocky areas with limited vegetation for breeding. This bird was a migrant that spent the day sleeping on a power line. In the third week of August, several flocks of a dozen or more moved through late in the day.
Aug 22 2021
Very nice,Brian.
We saw a flock of 7 fly over our house yesterday as you said late in the day.
Sad we don’t see them more often!
That’s great. I too miss their evening flights during the breeding season.