Hi all

Last night I had two surprises. Stopping for gas at a station on North 
Howard Street in Baltimore, I heard Common Nighthawks. (There were at least 
two of them.) I grew up in Western Pa, where the peent of Nighthawks was 
just a normal part of a lazy summer evening. However, after living in 
Maryland for more than 30 years, the only times I have noticed nighthawks 
were during migration. I was really excited to hear them mid-June!

My second surprise happened when I checked the common nighthawk in the 
Yellow Book. It shows that nighthawks breed in most counties, including 
Baltimore (which includes Balto City, I presume). It seems I was wrong in 
assuming that Nighthawks just pass through here. But - holy toledo - from 
the notation in the Yellow Book, it seems I should have run across summer 
nighthawks in Maryland before now.

Can anyone help me sort this out?

Don Burggraf
Baltimore






>From: Jeff Shenot <>
>Reply-To: Jeff Shenot <>
>To: 
>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] No. Br. Shorebirds 6/11 - - Also some in St Mary's
>Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:18:04 -0400
>
>On Tuesday, I did a bird survey at a farm by the Patuxent River in St
>Mary's County (near Cremona).  I was surprised to see a few late
>shorebirds in a wet field that was created for a wildlife habitat project;
>there were 3 semipalmated sandpipers and 1 pectoral sandpiper.
>
>Of interest for the Atlas, I found horned lark and numerous (4-5) willow
>flycatchers.  I will submit all my findings (56+ sp.) for the Atlas
>Project (Mechanicsville NE).
>
>Jeff Shenot
>Croom MD
>