[mou] Common Nighthawk in Cohasset, MN.

[Ann and Manley Olson]

What you heard was almost certainly a Woodcock.You are not the first to 
make such a misidentification. Almost every year there are extremely 
early reports of Nighthawks but they are always of birds heard but not 
seen.There was one such report in Wisconsin about 10 days ago.The first 
Nighthawks show up in mid-April and they are not widespread until 
mid-May.I would be suspicious of any heard only Nighthawk report until May.
Manley Olson
Falcon Heights

Timothy Blackwood wrote:
> Hello,
>
>      While out walking a block north of the Super America in Cohasset, MN, at 8:00pm this evening
> (March 29, 2007), I heard the distinct "weer" sound of a Common Nighthawk.  The light rain didn't
> seem to bother the bird.  I heard the call 2 times before the bird left the area.  After
> consulting Robert Janssen's "Birds in Minnesota", I found this to be a very early record for
> northern Minnesota.
>
> Happy birding,
> Tim Blackwood
>
> Timothy J. Blackwood
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> Home Address:
> 120 N.W. 5th Street Apt. #101
> Cohasset, Minnesota, USA 55721
>
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