| Common Name: | Nighthawk, Common | | Scientific Name: | Chordeiles minor | | Family: | Caprimulgidae (Goatsuckers) | | Area: | Malheur Field Station, Oregon | | Date: | June 7, 2004 | 
You can catch these birds sleeping during the day on tree limbs or on the ground as this one in the photo, taken on top of South Coyote Butte. | | Reference: | Western Birds by Peterson | | Link: | Malheur Field Station |
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