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Marshall, (942)
Chordeiles acutipennis
L. Olomega Not as common as
Caprimulgus but once Two
taken, one or 2 others seen.
1st taken from perch in tree
along road then gun co.
W camp or 1st evening at the
Lake. 2nd in morning as
it perched in broad daylight
in lg. dead tree in dense
woods just E camp. At
this tree I had just shot
a Micrastur and he which
had stuck up there; then the
nighthawk alighted & I shot
it. Then I went back to
camp for a rope - left my
gun there (!) & arrived at
the tree where a Crane Hawk
was now sitting. Sto
startled one from a roost
in dry thin woods W camp one
afternoon.