Field notes, v1472
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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.