[birdky] Re: nighthawk bonanza
- From: JEswindell@xxxxxxx
- To: kistlers@xxxxxxxxx, birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 07:26:55 -0400 (EDT)
Had a similar flock of Nighthawks passing over around 5 PM yesterday. Too
spread out to get a good count but probably at least 50. Direction of
flight was north to south.
John Swindells
Nelson County
In a message dated 9/9/2011 9:23:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
kistlers@xxxxxxxxx writes:
We saw the most nighthawks we've ever seen at one time by far this
evening.
Birding near Nolin R. Lake (Dog Creek and Wax campsites), we had a flock of
about 50 birds come over flying together to the southeast with a
no-nonsense
migrational attitude. Then, about 6:00, we had another much larger flock
come over; I estimated 150 birds, but they were so spread out it was hard
to
get a handle on them. Within three or four minutes another flock appeared,
but the first flock came back over the horizon to feed over the lake. For
about ten minutes we had hundreds of birds in the air, some moving through
in a straight line, others circling and feeding. At one point we had a
flock
of nighthawks flying straight in a southeasterly direction, and, high above
them, another flock flying just as determinedly to the southwest, with
dozens of birds, maybe more, in each group. Interspersed at various
altitudes were feeding individuals, swooping and circling. The entire show
was highlighted by the evening light on the clouds; it was an amazing
once-in-a-lifetime event. A conservative estimate might be 500 nighthawks,
but there could have been many more. Throughout the rest of the evening we
saw small flocks of 10 to 20 birds moving through.
In other news, we accumulated a few warblers here and there throughout the
day.
Blue-winged
Nashville
Black-throated green
Yellow
Magnolia
Pine
Black-and-white
Redstart
Steve and Janet Kistler
Hart Co
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