NOTES: FIRST DOCUMENTED RECORD OF CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW IN NEW MEXICO

Abstract

In September or October 1987 I found a Chuck-will’s-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) dead on the campus of Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was found lying near the base of the university’s science hall approximately fifteen yards from South Avenue K. The specimen appeared to have been dead for several hours and was missing all its rectrices. The exact date was lost while the bird was stored in the university’s freezer.