Nighthawk before dawn Sony D100 MAY 21 2025 vTWO

The joy of recording audio is that you can set up a recorder, then go on and do other things like write, garden, wash dishes, heck, you can even participate in this wonderful hobby as you sleep!
That is exactly - and happily - what happened to me recently.
I set up my Sony PCM D100 and its built-in microphones oriented in X-Y in the weeds at the edge of a small town park. I then went to sleep.
Imagine my great surprise the next morning then when I discovered I had " captured " one of my favorite sounds which, to me, is representative of summer: the call of the Common Nighthawk. The scientific name of this mosquito eater is Chordeiles minor.
From what I could estimate from my timeline, about 2:30 in the morning this Nighthawk started flying slow circles around the park neighborhood and began its sad-sounding single note call.

Enjoy this sound of summer!
*Note. The overall level you will notice is fairly low, BUT, even though the Sony PCM D100 does have good, fairly quiet preamps, I chose not to boost the level in post for fear of bringing up what little noise floor there is. Those of you sound editors who are much better than I am at cleaning up recordings can probably clean this up a bit and get rid of the ever present low white noise of the neighborhood's central air conditioning units.

Record date Tuesday May 21, 2025 into Wednesday May 22 2025.