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Haven't heard any more post-midnight Nighthawks in West End Halifax since the one I reported two or three weeks ago. But I'll be out late a few nights in the next week for the Jazz Festival, and will keep ears attuned.
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From: Noel Taussig
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:41 AM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Re: Halifax nighthawk(s)
There are several, (I saw three just the other evening,) nighthawks out in the Herring Cove area, but none in the core of the city that I have heard or seen.
-Noel Taussig
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of P.L. Chalmers
Sent: July 8, 2009 9:50 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Halifax nighthawk(s)
Hi there,
Jean Hartley and I went for a walk around the Frog Pond in Fleming Park, Jollimore late this afternoon. Lots of baby birds in evidence. The best sighting though was of three Common Nighthawks high over the pond, the first that either of us had seen this year. As Bernard said, as usual they were heard before they were seen.
Fleming Park is in the southwestern suburbs of Halifax, and I usually see C. Nighthawks over the Frog Pond several times during the summer. However I agree with Bob that in the past nighthawks were right in the city (i.e. on the peninsula) more often than they are now. I used to hear them overhead on warm evenings when I was sitting out in my garden. I haven't experienced that lately. (Haven't had any warm summer evenings yet, either ...)
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
At 02:58 PM 28/06/2009, Bob McDonaldwrote:
My feeling is that there appears to be fewer Common Nighthawks around in the city than there were even a few years ago. In the past we heard them occasionally after a Neptune or a symphony performance and quite regularly in the evening around home in Clayton Park. But not for the past 3-4 years.
Aerial insectivores are being particularly hard hit recently for a number of reasons, I suspect.
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From: Brian Bartlett
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 2:30 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Halifax nighthawk(s)
Last night between about midnight and 1 a.m. in West End Halifax I heard a nighthawk (or nighthawks?) peent-ing many times high in the darkness. Are Nova Scotian nighthawks mostly still heard in rural areas, or are they now more common than they used to be in cities & towns?
Brian
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Haven't heard any more post-midnight Nighthawks in
West End Halifax since the one I reported two or three weeks ago. But I'll be
out late a few nights in the next week for the Jazz Festival, and will
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<A title=birdsareback@ecologyaction.ca
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:41
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There are several, (I
saw three just the other evening,) nighthawks out in the Herring Cove area,
but none in the core of the city that I have heard or seen.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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