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will keep&nbsp; ears attuned.</span>< --_996b0216-257a-43e6-893b-b6f541cbed8d_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Folks=2C =20 Last evening (July 16) I saw two Common Nighthawks hunting over the Gr= eenwood Mall=2C the first that I have seen there in years. That was excit= ing enough=2C but this evening (17th)=2C I saw four hunting over my farm he= re in Tremont - the first I have seen here since moving back to N. S. It = seems too early for their main migration=2C so perhaps they nested locally.= For the past few years I have seen or heard them mainly while atlassing c= learcut areas - perhaps like the Olive-sided Flycatcher=2C it's a species t= hat benefits from poor forest management. =20 =20 Although this evidence is all anecdotal and short-term=2C I have also= seen more of several other species of concern this summer than for the pas= t two or three years=2C viz.=2C the three regular swallow species and Canad= a Warbler. Unfortunately=2C one species that was once common here remains = absent=2C and should surely be reviewed by the Dept. of Natural Resources -= the Eastern Kingbird. =20 Cheers=2C Wayne Neily=20 Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia=20 "Come forth into the light of things=2C=20 Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth=2C 1798.=20 =20 Date: Wed=2C 8 Jul 2009 21:50:12 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca From: plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Halifax nighthawk(s) Hi there=2C Jean Hartley and I went for a walk around the Frog Pond in Fleming = Park=2C Jollimore late this afternoon. Lots of baby birds in evidence. Th= e best sighting though was of three Common Nighthawks high over the pond=2C= the first that either of us had seen this year. As Bernard said=2C as usu= al they were heard before they were seen. Fleming Park is in the southwestern suburbs of Halifax=2C and I usu= ally 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 ci= ty (i.e. on the peninsula) more often than they are now. I used to hear th= em 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=2C ei= ther ...) Cheers=2C Patricia L. Chalmers Halifax At 02:58 PM 28/06/2009=2C Bob McDonaldwrote: My feeling is that there appears to be fewer Common Nighthawks around in th= e city than there were even a few years ago. In the past we heard them occ= asionally 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 o= f reasons=2C I suspect. =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Brian Bartlett=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Sunday=2C June 28=2C 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 N= ova Scotian nighthawks mostly still heard in rural areas=2C or are they now= more common than they used to be in cities & towns? Brian _________________________________________________________________ We are your photos. Share us now with Windows Live Photos. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9666047= --_996b0216-257a-43e6-893b-b6f541cbed8d_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> Hello Folks=2C<BR>  =3B<BR>  =3B =3B =3B =3B Last evening (July 16) =3BI saw two Co= mmon Nighthawks hunting over the Greenwood Mall=2C  =3Bthe first that I= have seen there in years. =3B That was exciting enough=2C but this eve= ning (17th)=2C I saw four hunting over my farm here in Tremont =3B - th= e first I have seen here since moving back to N. S. =3B It seems too ea= rly for their main migration=2C so perhaps they nested locally. =3B&nbs= p=3BFor the past few years I have seen or heard them mainly while atlassing= clearcut areas - perhaps like the Olive-sided Flycatcher=2C it's a species= that benefits from poor forest management. =3B <BR>  =3B<BR>  =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B Although this evidence is all anec= dotal and short-term=2C I have also seen more of several other species of c= oncern this summer than for the past two or three years=2C viz.=2C the thre= e regular swallow species and Canada Warbler. =3B Unfortunately=2C one = species that was once common here remains absent=2C and should surely be re= viewed by the Dept. of Natural Resources - the Eastern Kingbird.<BR>  =3B<BR> Cheers=2C<BR><BR><BR> <DIV>Wayne Neily <BR>Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia <BR><BR>"Come fort= h into the light of things=2C <BR>Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wo= rdsworth=2C 1798. =3B<BR><BR> =3B</DIV> <BR> <HR id=3DstopSpelling> Date: Wed=2C 8 Jul 2009 21:50:12 -0300<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>Fr= om: plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Halifax nighthawk= (s)<BR><BR>Hi there=2C<BR><BR> =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B =3BJean Hartley and I went for a walk around the Frog Pond = in Fleming Park=2C Jollimore late this afternoon. =3B Lots of baby bird= s in evidence. =3B The best sighting though was of three Common Nightha= wks high over the pond=2C the first that either of us had seen this year.&n= bsp=3B As Bernard said=2C as usual they were heard before they were seen.<B= R><BR> =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3BFlemi= ng Park is in the southwestern suburbs of Halifax=2C and I usually see C. N= ighthawks over the Frog Pond several times during the summer. =3B = =3B 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. =3B I used t= o hear them overhead on warm evenings when I was sitting out in my garden.&= nbsp=3B I haven't experienced that lately. =3B (Haven't had any warm su= mmer evenings yet=2C either ...)<BR><BR> =3B =3B =3B =3B&nb= sp=3B =3B =3B =3BCheers=2C<BR><BR> =3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B =3B =3B =3BPatricia L. Chalmers<BR> =3B =3B=  =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3BHalifax<BR><BR><BR>At 02:58= PM 28/06/2009=2C <FONT size=3D2>Bob McDonald</FONT>wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dcite cite=3D""><FONT size=3D2>My feeling is that there = appears to be fewer Common Nighthawks around in the city than there were ev= en a few years ago. =3B 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. =3B But not for the past 3-4 years.<BR>Aerial in= sectivores are being particularly hard hit recently for a number of reasons= =2C I suspect.<BR><BR></FONT> =3B<BR> <DL> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <DD>From:</B> Brian Bartlett <= BR> <DD>To:</B> <A href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns= .ca</A> <BR> <DD>Sent:</B> Sunday=2C June 28=2C 2009 2:30 PM<BR> <DD>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Halifax nighthawk(s)<BR><BR> <DD><FONT size=3D2>Last night between about midnight and 1 a.m. in West End= Halifax I heard a nighthawk (or nighthawks?) peent</I>-ing many times high= in the darkness. Are Nova Scotian nighthawks mostly still heard in rural a= reas=2C or are they now more common than they used to be in cities &=3B = towns?<BR> <DD>Brian<BR></FONT></DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE><br /><hr />We are your photos. = Share us now with <a href=3D'http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9666045' ta= rget=3D'_new'>Windows Live Photos.</a></body> </html>= --_996b0216-257a-43e6-893b-b6f541cbed8d_--
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