Date: 5/26/26 4:17 am From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Presentation: Nightjars of Kittitas County
Monthly Program Meeting
May 28: 7:00 PM @ Hal Holmes
Nightjars of Kittitas County
Presented by Dan Reiff, PhD
Dr. Dan is a clinician, author and videographer who has studied
birds for the last 18 years. He grew up in Puyallup, Washington, when it was a small town, surrounded by daffodil, tulip, straw-
berry, raspberry, and blueberry farms. He has a long history of fly fishing for trout and steelhead.
He is very fond of Kittitas County, including the people, birds and environments. He has degrees in Environmental sciences (BS),
Public health (MPH), and Clinical psychology (PhD) and was trained as a clinician and scientist in Clinical psychology.
Dr. Dan has focused his research efforts on the behavior of several species of birds and has captured well over 300 TB of video
focused bird behavior. This includes diurnal, crepuscular and nocturnal observations and filming. Dr. Dan has a special research
interest in the stereotypical and unique activities of owls and
nightjars.
He has spent many enjoyable hours doing video and audio recordings focused on the behaviors of numerous species in several locations and generations over the last 10-16 years.
Dan’s presentation will be video focused on the behaviors of the Common Poorwill and the Common Nighthawk. He will also share stories of his several hundreds of hours of research experiences filming in very low light and darkness, including encounters with animals that are active during the night.
