105° Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

When I was at Bonny this morning, I saw one of these fly over but could not get the shot. I was not happy!

Later as I drove down to Lamar, I stopped off at Neenoshe Reservoir. As I passed through the tree line on the entrance road, one flew out of the tree on my right. I got out and pursued the bird, getting some ok shots. As I walked back to the car, I realized there were two more in a tree right next to the car, opposite from the tree the first one flew out of. I got even better looks at these two.

I did feel sorry for the birds, though. It was 105° at the time. Thus the open beak to try to cool down.

Lifer. Neenoshe Reservoir, Kiowa County, Colorado on June 23, 2012.