[NatureNS] Migrating Common Nighthawks?

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:25:42 -0300
From: Brian Dalzell <aythya@nb.sympatico.ca>
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Quiet possibly ants, but I couldn't say for sure at the high speed I was traveling.  And, the birds were quite high above the road, at least 100 meters.

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---- David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: 
> Could they have been feeding on ants ?
> DW, Kentville
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> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 7:53 PM
> Subject: [NatureNS] Migrating Common Nighthawks?
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> > About 1 pm this afternoon I counted 14 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS along the 101 
> > just east of Windsor, between the km 175-177 markers.  They were not 
> > trending in any particular direction, just milling about.  There is a lot 
> > of clear cut forest along this stretch, so they may have been local birds 
> > getting together prior to migrating.  I found two juveniles perched on a 
> > boulder near Aylesford Lake this morning, just barely able to fly.  Also 
> > had a TURKEY VULTURE over the 101 at exit 10 near Grand Pre.
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