More photos from Lower Arkansas Valley trip

This photo is of a
Common Nighthawk perching on a barbed wire fence in Otero County. This was not the most stable perch as it had to balance itself when a breeze came. This pic shows field marks: 1) a "white bar across the outer part of the angled, pointed wings" which differentiates it from a Lesser Nighthawk that has pale (that is buff colored not white on females) bar across its wing that is closer to the wingtip and 2) underparts more heavily barred than for Lesser Nighthawks (though the subspecies common in Eastern Colorado is not as heavily barred as some other subspecies of Common Nighthawk).

I have uploaded several more photos of the Piping Plovers I saw on Sunday and can be seen by clicking here
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