Common Nighthawks, NW Custer County

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Late this afternoon, over our cabin at 9,200 ft. in the Sangre de Cristo range, a somewhat dispersed flock of Common Nighthawks foraged for thirty minutes before continuing southward. They are quite rare here nowadays and my wife and I were elated.

  Over four decades ago they regularly spent the entire summer season here. By 1980 their numbers were diminishing and since about 1985 they have been extremely scarce in our area.

Leon and Treva Bright

Custer County and Pueblo