Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 06:59:33 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM> Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM> From: Gary Roberts <Robertsc@EROLS.COM> Subject: Nighthawks Galore - 31 August MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable During a beautiful evening sitting on our backyard deck in Dayton (in = Howard County, near Ten Oaks Rd at Morningstar Drive, west of = Clarksville), we were surprised by a fly-over of 50 or so Common = Nighthawks. The birds swirled by at rooftop level in small groups for = about a half hour just before dusk and they were heading south.. Also = noticed hundreds of Robins moving by in a southeastward direction. All = this happened right before a cold front and accompanying rain storm = pushed through from the northwest. Assume these birds were in a = migratory mode and riding the front edge of the cold front. Cheers=20 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================