2 Nighthawks were visible from my backyard at 7:40 pm and 2 at 7:50 pm  
tonight. At 8 I abandoned the yard to the mosquitoes and the catbird,  
apparently upset by my presence. Three years ago I spent a few  
evenings in early September looking for birds at Ayrlawn, the YMCA  
property nearby. There were Nighthawks (not in large numbers) flying  
in wide loops over the lawn. The Nighthawks tonight may have been  
coming from or going to Ayrlawn: each of them was going in a different  
direction and flying leasurely.

	Evelyn

Evelyn Ralston
Bethesda, MD


On Aug 26, 2009, at 5:50 AM, Gail Mackiernan wrote:

> 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?)
>>
>> <snip>