I sense a potential fun thread here -- ballpark bird lists! Of course we 
should include the fields of local minor league teams too.

Janet Millenson
Potomac, MD (Montgomery County)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Messina" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 6:36 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Nighthawks at RFK in Spring


| 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
|
|