We had a pretty similar experience at about the same time on Thursday night (8/26). We were driving on the 895 toward Baltimore, when over the Patuxent River we counted approximately 30 nighthawks. Elayne and Jeff Metter -----Original Message----- From: Robert (Rob) Hilton [SMTP:robert@csa.com] Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 9:48 AM To: mdosprey@ARI.Net Subject: Re: [MDOsprey] Major Nighthawk flight tonight At 09:20 PM 08/26/1999 EDT, Gail Mackiernan wrote: >Hi all -- [snip] > >Did anyone else observe this flight? We live in Colesville, near the >intersection of Randolph and NH Ave. > >Gail Mackiernan Hi Gail et al. I saw 4 Common Nighthawks from my 6th story office window facing north over downtown Bethesda (Mont. Co.) at around 11 am yesterday (Aug. 26). At around 6:45 pm, while I was stopped at a traffic light at East West Highway and Beach Drive in Chevy Chase, Montgomery Co., I counted 15 nighthawks heading generally south. At some point after 7 pm last night, Ottavio Janni saw large aggregations of Common Nighthawks, perhaps 225 flying west. Best, Rob Hilton Robert@csa.com Bethesda, Md.