In the evening of Saturday, 2 Sept (1845 - 1945), I saw approximately 30
Common Nighthawks milling about in the air over Rte 17 between Gloucester
Point and the Gloucester courthouse area. The count is incomplete since I
was in a car and sticking only to the Rte 17 corridor. Most birds were
moving north, oddly. First for me in Gloucester and impressive views of
most - very low in the sky.
We're still cleaning up from the storm here, and the only odd bird I have
seen was what I could best ID as a Clapper Rail flying by the lab over the
littered beach just after the swells died on Friday at 1400 hrs. I've kept
my eyes eagerly open in the days following the mess, but nothing better has
shown itself in the Gloucester Point area.
Dave Hewitt
Gloucester, VA
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Dave Hewitt
Fisheries Science/Crustacean Ecology
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
College of William and Mary
P.O. Box 1346
Gloucester Point, VA 23062
804.684.7333
dhewitt@xxxxxxxx
http://www.vims.edu/fish/students/dhewitt/
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