Many thanks to Howard County's Joe Hanfman, who suggested in an 
earlier post that tonight (Thursday, May 20) might be a good time to 
look out for migrating Common Nighthawks.

I set up on our back lawn in Bethesda (inside the Washington Beltway) 
before 8:00 p.m. this evening and had 4 Nighthawks as follows:  1 at 
8:05 p.m. heading west, one at 8:10 p.m. heading north; one at 8:25 
p.m. just circling around and another at 8:30 p.m. ditto.  No big (or 
even small) groups.

Not exactly a bonanza, but perhaps about as good as we can expect 
these days in the DC area in the spring.  Not one of the birds was 
vocalizing, at least not loudly enough for me to hear.

Kudos to Joe for his prescience.

Mike Bowen
Montgomery Bird Club
Bethesda, MD


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At 4:37 pm today, I saw 3 Common Nighthawks at Middle Patuxent 
Environmental Area. The we flying near the river. Tonight may be a 
good night to look for nighthawks.






Joe Hanfman

Columbia, MD


D.H. Michael Bowen
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda, MD  20817
Telephone: (301) 530-5764
e-mail:  dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom

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