FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Nighthawks-VA Update #2

["Paul Woodward" <grackling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2 September 2002
       Saturday and Sunday were both overcast days with no real movement of
nighthawks at Van Dyke Park. I saw five on 8-31 and four on 9-01.
        This evening started out the same with an overcast skies and no real
prospects of any movement.  Saw six nighthawks in the first 1 1/2 hours of
observation.  By 1900, however, it cleared up without almost no clouds.
Fifteen minutes later a large kettle of about 80 birds appeared in the
distance to the west.  They were actively feeding and drifting to the south.
They stayed around for almost  25 minutes.  Without a good cloud background
they were hard to see and I may have missed some.
       This week should bring the last big flights.  Looking back over 4
years of records the latest I have recorded large nighthawk flights is
September 7.  Based on the last two years I should also have two more
flights of 100 or more nighthawks.
        Checked the nocturnal feeding area at Tyson's Corner on Saturday and
tonight.  There were 2 on 8-31 and none on      9-01.

Paul Woodward
Fairfax City, VA 22032
grackling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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