We also have been doing evening Nighthawk watches from our deck (with wine
in hand, of course!) -- one on Monday evening, two last night -- all almost
exactly at 7:45 and all flying purposefully north to south, not foraging,

Last night we also had about 100 Robins, a few Blue Jays and Grackles, and
perhaps a half-dozen Swifts passing over The robins were flying low and were
very vocal, perhaps a roost near-by?

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD


on 08/25/2009 8:35 PM, Michael Bowen at  wrote:

> During a 45-minute period this evening (August 25), I managed to see
> only 2 Common Nighthawks over our part of West Bethesda -- north of
> Bradley Boulevard and west of Suburban Hospital.  This poor showing
> was despite what appeared (to me, anyway) to be a perfect evening for
> bug swallowing.  One bird was seen just before 8:00 p.m., and one
> just after.  And just one small bat. (species?)
> 
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