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To: BradyLS

That sounds more like Nighthawks than Chimney Swifts… swifts aren’t nocturnal. If the call sounds like “peent…peent,” they are nighthawks.
Nighthawks like to nest on the flat roofs of commercial buildings and such.


27 posted on 01/11/2026 7:09:14 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

Good point.

American Woodcocks also peent.


38 posted on 01/11/2026 2:27:36 PM PST by Fury
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To: piasa

Going over it, I think you’re right. The birds I hear but can’t see chasing bugs around parking lot lights are probably Nighthawks.


40 posted on 01/12/2026 8:27:52 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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