Some of you asked about sightings of nighthawks at RFK Stadium. On June 17, 
I posted the following message to the Osprey:

Re: breeding area nighthawks, my husband and I have been seeing nighthawks
hunt for bugs above RFK Stadium during evening baseball games. We have a
20-game season ticket package and enjoy looking for them. We didn't see any
last night, though--they probably avoided the place because they sensed the
evil in the New York Yankees.

We had seen the nighthawks at Nationals games on May 19, May 26, and June 
14. However, as my posting noted, the nighthawks did not show up at RFK on 
June 16, and we haven't seen them there (or anywhere else) after mid-June.

We saw a sharpie several times in late spring, and on the afternoon of July 
22 we saw an osprey make a brief appearance over right field. We regularly 
see chimney swifts and barn swallows during the early innings at night 
games.

Cathy Messina