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--0016e642d9d45f6954046ef00ea9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Wayne et al, Farther east in King's Co., i.e. around the Canning/ Port Williams/ Upper Dyke areas, I have noticed how abundant Eastern Kingbirds are this year! However, I have yet to see or hear a Nighthawk. Indeed, it's anecdotal and short-term, but we should await the results of the Atlas with great interest. Richard On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Wayne P. Neily <neilyornis@hotmail.com>wrote: > Hello Folks, > > Last evening (July 16) I saw two Common Nighthawks hunting over the > Greenwood Mall, the first that I have seen there in years. That was > exciting enough, but this evening (17th), I saw four hunting over my farm > here in Tremont - the first I have seen here since moving back to N. S. It > seems too early for their main migration, so perhaps they nested > locally. For the past few years I have seen or heard them mainly while > atlassing clearcut areas - perhaps like the Olive-sided Flycatcher, it's a > species that benefits from poor forest management. > > Although this evidence is all anecdotal and short-term, I have also > seen more of several other species of concern this summer than for the past > two or three years, viz., the three regular swallow species and Canada > Warbler. Unfortunately, one species that was once common here remains > absent, and should surely be reviewed by the Dept. of Natural Resources - > the Eastern Kingbird. > > Cheers, > > > Wayne Neily > Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia > > "Come forth into the light of things, > Let Nature be your teacher." - William Wordsworth, 1798. > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 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, > > 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. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brian Bartlett <bbartlett@eastlink.ca> > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > We are your photos. Share us now with Windows Live Photos.<http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666045> > -- ################# Dr.R.B.Stern, P.O. Box 300, Port Williams, N.S., Canada, B0P 1T0 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --0016e642d9d45f6954046ef00ea9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Wayne et al,<br><br>Farther east in King's Co., i.e. around the Cann= ing/ Port Williams/ Upper Dyke areas, I have noticed how abundant Eastern K= ingbirds are this year!=A0 However, I have yet to see or hear a Nighthawk. = Indeed, it's anecdotal and short-term, but we should await the results = of the Atlas with great interest.<br> <br>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:19 = PM, Wayne P. Neily <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:neilyornis@hotma= il.com">neilyornis@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin= : 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> Hello Folks,<br> =A0<br> =A0=A0=A0=A0 Last evening (July 16)=A0I saw two Common Nighthawks hunting o= ver the Greenwood Mall, =A0the first that I have seen there in years.=A0 Th= at was exciting enough, but this evening (17th), I saw four hunting over my= farm here in Tremont=A0 - the first I have seen here since moving back to = N. S.=A0 It seems too early for their main migration, so perhaps they neste= d locally.=A0=A0For the past few years I have seen or heard them mainly whi= le atlassing clearcut areas - perhaps like the Olive-sided Flycatcher, it&#= 39;s a species that benefits from poor forest management.=A0 <br> =A0<br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Although this evidence is all anecdotal and short-term, I h= ave also seen more of several other species of concern this summer than for= the past two or three years, viz., the three regular swallow species and C= anada Warbler.=A0 Unfortunately, one species that was once common here rema= ins absent, and should surely be reviewed by the Dept. of Natural Resources= - the Eastern Kingbird.<br> =A0<br> Cheers,<br><br><br> <div>Wayne Neily <br>Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia <br><br>"Come for= th into the light of things, <br>Let Nature be your teacher." - Willia= m Wordsworth, 1798.=A0<br><br>=A0</div> <br> <hr> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:50:12 -0300<br>To: <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@cheb= ucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br>From: <a href= =3D"mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank">plchalmers@ns.symp= atico.ca</a><br> Subject: [NatureNS