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Index of Subjects --0016e646522c17b63a04716a4f33 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I kn ow it's not a NS issue. but when we in Montreal last week at the Uniprix Stadium watching the Rogers Cup tennis, there were hordes of insects flying around the floodlights after dark, and we heard the constant "peent" of Nighthawks. While watching the semi-final on TV on Saturday evening back home, we could still hear them all through the match in the background. Richard On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Andrew Horn <aghorn@dal.ca> wrote: > 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 > > > > -- ################# 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 ################### --0016e646522c17b63a04716a4f33 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I kn ow it's not a NS issue. but when we in Montreal last week at the U= niprix Stadium watching the Rogers Cup tennis, there were hordes of insects= flying around the floodlights after dark, and we heard the constant "= peent" of Nighthawks. While watching the semi-final on TV on Saturday = evening back home, we could still hear them all through the match in the ba= ckground.<br> <br>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:45 = AM, Andrew Horn <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:aghorn@dal.ca">agho= rn@dal.ca</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; p= adding-left: 1ex;"> <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word;">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Nighthawk = enthusiasts might want to check out this somewhat random but very interesti= ng page about their history and migratory habits in Massachusetts:</div> <div> <br></div><div><a href=3D"http://www.borobirding.net/nighthawks/history.htm= l" target=3D"_blank">http://www.borobirding.net/nighthawks/history.html</a>= </div><div><br></div><div>There (and probably here) they travel in pretty w= ell defined flight lines that are consistent over the years. It'd be gr= eat to get a handle on where these are in Nova Scotia, and how the birds= 9; numbers along them have changed over the years.</div> <div><br></div><div>Maybe the bird society could launch a nighthawk blitz n= ext 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, <= a href=3D"mailto:iamclar@dal.ca" target=3D"_blank">iamclar@dal.ca</a> wrote= :</div><br><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 a= bout 1/6 as common<br> here now as in the mid 1960s (BBS) - so the good shows this summer may simp= ly<br>reflect a temporary shift in migration path occasioned by weather pat= terns.<br><br>Cheers, Ian McLaren<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>###########= ######<br>Dr.R.B.Stern, =A0 <br>P.O. Box 300,<br>Port Williams,<br>N.S., Ca= nada,<br>B0P 1T0<br><br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Will= iams, NS, Canada<br> B0P 1T0<br><br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail= .com</a><br>###################<br> --0016e646522c17b63a04716a4f33--
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