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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-5--441664183 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, Nighthawk enthusiasts might want to check out this somewhat random but very interesting page about their history and migratory habits in Massachusetts: http://www.borobirding.net/nighthawks/history.html There (and probably here) they travel in pretty well defined flight lines that are consistent over the years. It'd be great to get a handle on where these are in Nova Scotia, and how the birds' numbers along them have changed over the years. Maybe the bird society could launch a nighthawk blitz next year, to take some of the sting out of the last atlas season. Just throwing that out there, Andy Horn Halifax On 14-Aug-09, at 9:14 AM, iamclar@dal.ca wrote: > All: > > It's good to see that Common Nighthawks recently on the move, right > on schedule > for the usual peak of movement here from late July through mid- > August. For a > few years numbers of migrants here seemed to be down. Numbers > breeding here and > throughout N. America certainly are decreasing - they're about 1/6 > as common > here now as in the mid 1960s (BBS) - so the good shows this summer > may simply > reflect a temporary shift in migration path occasioned by weather > patterns. > > Cheers, Ian McLaren > > --Apple-Mail-5--441664183 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = all,<div><br></div><div>Nighthawk enthusiasts might want to check out = this somewhat random but very interesting page about their history and = migratory habits in Massachusetts:</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.borobirding.net/nighthawks/history.html">http://www.bor= obirding.net/nighthawks/history.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>There = (and probably here) they travel in pretty well defined flight lines that = are consistent over the years. It'd be great to get a handle on where = these are in Nova Scotia, and how the birds' numbers along them have = changed over the years.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe the bird society = could launch a nighthawk blitz next year, to take some of the sting out = of the last atlas season.</div><div><br></div><div>Just throwing that = out there,</div><div>Andy = Horn</div><div>Halifax</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 14-Aug-09, = at 9:14 AM, iamclar@dal.ca = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>All:<br><br>It's good to see that Common Nighthawks = recently on the move, right on schedule<br>for the usual peak of = movement here from late July through mid-August. For a<br>few years = numbers of migrants here seemed to be down. Numbers breeding here = and<br>throughout N. America certainly are decreasing - they're about = 1/6 as common<br>here now as in the mid 1960s (BBS) - so the good shows = this summer may simply<br>reflect a temporary shift in migration path = occasioned by weather patterns.<br><br>Cheers, Ian = McLaren<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-5--441664183--
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