Yard(!) Poorwill(!) - Arapahoe

[Jared Del Rosso]

Just now, while making lunch, I saw the silhouette of a bird approach my back patio. I figured it was a neighbor's nesting robin, who may have lost his newly hatched birds to a magpie earlier today.

Instead, I scared off a Common Poorwill in flight. He -- white-tipped tail and, so, a male -- cut to the back of my yard. I failed at an effort to relocate and photograph him. I think what happened was I flushed a towhee while slowly peaking around a corner and the towhee flushed the poorwill, who headed into a different yard. He clucked as he went. My disappointment at not being able to spot him roosting was deep.

With the forecast suggesting rain tonight, I hope he will remain in our yards overnight. Certainly, I'll be outside at sunset tonight. (It's also time to watch for nighthawks.) And then again tomorrow morning at sunrise. Perhaps he'll sing. 

A yard bird -- and one that I've so very badly wanted to encounter in my yard! 

- Jared Del Rosso

Centennial, CO

[Dr. Karl Stecher]

On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM Dr. Karl Stecher <steche...@gmail.com> wrote:

On May 26in the late 1970s, a very foggy but not windy night, my lifer poorwill was calling from the roof of the house across the street. (Yes, I am positive of the May 26 date).  Location was Hilltop in Denver. 

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[Dr. Karl Stecher]

On May 26in the late 1970s, a very foggy but not windy night, my lifer poorwill was calling from the roof of the house across the street. (Yes, I am positive of the May 26 date).

On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM Jared Del Rosso <jared.d...@gmail.com> wrote:

[2mi...@gmail.com]

We spotted a downtown Common Poorwill this morning while doing our weekly Lights-Out-Denver route. He was tucked in up against a perfect camouflaging wall on the sidewalk. Alive, thank goodness. At 18th and California streets. Flew a half block away as we approached. This is the second time we've seen a COPO downtown on our window strike data collection. 

-mike fernandez

Denver