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Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

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This bird has been reportedly found in the following regions:

Big Pine Key, Florida

Trenton, Florida

Yale, Iowa

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Roswell, New Mexico

Bend, Oregon

Austin, Texas

Deer Park, Texas

High Island, Texas

Joshua, Texas

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rntx22

Puyallup, WA (Zone 8b) | April 2013 | Positive

You can see these guys in almost any brightly lit parking lot at night during the summer. They swoop around eating the insects that are attracted to the lights. They make a characteristic "peent" chirping sound and if you see one from below they have a big white bar across the middle of each wing.