Weird Animal Names: Goatsucker LbNA #29431

Although no one but your Scottish great-granny still believes the goatsucker family of birds actually practices sucking on the teats of goats, the fact is that this superstition started in England and Scotland, and the name stuck. Apparently the mouth of that region’s local species was so enormous that Britons could imagine no other plausible function for it. Records do not indicate whether livestock owners resented sharing their dairy goods with flying wildlife, but one tends to speculate.

Turnbull Wildlife Refuge features regular sightings of one goatsucker species, the common nighthawk. Most visible there in summer, the common nighthawk nests at the Refuge, and is most easily identified by its call, which can be heard, along with some background information, on a short radio show downloadable here:
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=198

Is it significant that Turnbull has no wild goats in residence, or at least none that dare come out of hiding? You decide.

To the box, then.

Proceed to Turnbull Wildlife Refuge in Cheney, Washington and take the auto tour road. Just before the first entrance to Blackhorse Lake Trail (which will be on your left), you should park your vehicle near the pit toilets on your right. From the sign which marks the trailhead, proceed up the path to where the box hides, under wood and stone, with the trail sign at 130 degrees, a rock wall at 315 degrees, and a small conifer, backgrounded by boulders, at 100 degrees.

Please, please rehide this box subtly and well so it will be available for many years to come.