This nighthawk was digiscoped on February 12, 2005 at Santa Ana NWR, by Richard C. Hoyer.

OK, I've redrawn and labeled this diagram yet again, showing what I now believe really are the feather edges. In Mike Todd's photos at http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/santa_ana_nighthawk, it appeared that the two longest feathers belonged both to the left wing, but then I realized that the wingtips were just crossed, the right over the left.

If the full complement of tertials is present, the position of the white primary bar is better for Lesser Nighthawk.

More buffy spots are visible in the primaries in photos by Mike Todd as well as in some sent to me by Rick Fridell, and this argues for Lesser Nighthawk.

If we are actually seeing the outer web if p10, the white on it would also be good for Lesser Nighthawk.

The blackish on the scapulars, visible in all photos, is apparently better for Common Nighthawk, but maybe this is a variable feature.

The apparent primary molt argues for Common Nighthawk.

There may be something to the rows of obvous buffy spots on the wing coverts, which are present in several on-line Lesser Nighthawk photos but not in those of Common Nighthawk.

The following two photos were provided by Matt Victoria of Camillus, NY, who took them some time during the same week.