[birdky] Re: more nighthawks
- From: "sk" <kistlers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'Lyneart'" <lyneart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:13:42 -0500
That sounds reasonable. They are wintering well south of the US, so they'll
have to go over or around the gulf at some point. It seems odd to me that
they'd be heading east from here. I'm sure they know what they're doing,
though :)
sk
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From: Lyneart [mailto:lyneart@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 5:43 AM
To: kistlers@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [birdky] more nighthawks
Steve,
Could they be following prevailing winds? The wind at higher
altitudes might have been northerly with lower winds westerly. There was
some instability in the atmosphere yesterday. We got a 3/4 inch
thundershower from a cloud that looked as small as a wagon sheet on radar. I
had just disked my tobacco patch. Thought I had it ready to sow. Now I'll
have to do it again.
Frank
On Sep 10, 2011, at 7:23 PM, sk wrote:
> It was nothing like last night's display, but we had several loose
> flocks of nighthawks totaling 100 birds over our farm right at dusk.
> One thing I've noticed about them before: it's not unusual for them to
> migrate over flying determinedly due east. Do they turn right at the
> Appalachians and proceed south?
> Tonight, like last night, we saw most of our birds flying east,
> followed by another, higher, flock flying just as earnestly due south.
> Like last night, the two flocks were clearly at two different altitudes
above us.
>
>
>
> Steve and Janet Kistler
>
> Hart Co.
>
>
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