TN-Birders, I usually don't mind being woken up by spring migrants singing outside my open windows in spring, but last night I was woken up at some random hour (not sure I looked at the clock) by a group of Common Nighthawks calling outside my window last night in Nashville. Considering how sleepy I've been lately, I'm amazed I woke up. However I was coherent enough to know why I woke up, made the bird ID, and fell back asleep. I guess my cat could have been spazing out by the calls (she loves when crows call outside) and she woke me up (running across me while trying to sleep) and then my brain turned onto the nighthawks. I've seen lots of nighthawks around Nashville lately, but guess I haven't recently encountered them calling a lot long after dark (or maybe I'm just not out much after dark anymore). Cheers, Scott Somershoe State Ornithologist Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency P.O. Box 40747 Nashville, TN 37204 615-781-6653 (o) 615-781-6654 (fax) "Keeping the rubber side down" - S.G.S. =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________