[NatureNS] Common nighthawks in Falmouth

From: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca>
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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:47:38 -0300
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Friday evening I was surprised to get a knock on my door around 9:45.  
One of my neighbours, who often walks his dog down the cemetery drive  
way next to my house was puzzled by these large, silent bat-like birds  
that were shaped "sort of like a plover". I went down with him and  
while it was dark could see about 12+ common nighthawks swooping  
around hight in the air. They were hard to count, as with the low  
light levels, they were impossible to see when close to edge-on. Their  
flight was amazing. There were also a number of small white moths  
that  would drift down on occasion.

Since the weather this evening was very similar, I went down at 9:30  
and this time only saw three at any given time. What as really nce was  
this time one as consistently calling and once chased another one  
around and once I heard the distinct "buzzing" sound from the wings of  
one of that pair.

My neighbour has never seen nighthawks in Windsor before, and he is  
pretty up on his birds. I can't say I have seen any here other than  
the odd one flying in the day when I was atlassing, certainly not that  
number. I'll be curious to see what tomorrow evening brings.


Patrick Kelly
RR#2  159 Town Road
Falmouth NS  B0P 1L0
Canada

(902) 472-2322


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