Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:11:23 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Rob (Robert) Hilton" Subject: Common Nighthawks in Silver Spring, Aug. 24 Comments: To: marvadel@egroups.com, voice@capaccess.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, We saw about 175 Common Nighthawks from our house in Silver Spring, inside the Beltway, from 7:20 or so to 8:10 or so. Rarely did sixty seconds pass without at least one nighthawk making an appearence. As soon as the first 25 or so had passed, I called two people who live in northern Silver Spring and in Rockville. They had barely a dozen between the two of them. Best, Rob Hilton robert@csa.com Silver Spring/Bethesda ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================