Last night I also observed a flock of nighthawks about 50-60 km East of Kingston
I counted over 340 (!) Common Nighthawks while driving along highway 401 over a stretch of 10-15 km around 6:45 pm (29 August 2004) [I was a passenger!]. This was just after a thunderstorm / heavy rainfall had passed through moving from west to east. The temperature was around 22-23 degrees C. I don't think I've ever seen that many Common Nighthawks at once! David Agro Toronto -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 5:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Ontbirds]Kingston gulls and nighthawks soar together Last night about 7:15pm we sat out on our terrace looking out over Lake Ontario toward the St Lawrence River. Clouds hung low, and a very gentle sprinkle of rain was imminent. A bit of sunshine peeked through. The sky was full of gulls (perhaps 30 or so), with a glimmer of sunlight hitting their wings. The gulls were about 100 feet up, soaring around obviously catching flying insects. And with the gulls soared six or seven nighthawks, soundlessly bugging as well. I have never before seen such obvious gull bug-hunting in the air. Nor have I ever before seen a soundless flock of nighthawks soaring with the gulls. 'Twas lovely while it lasted. They dispersed in a few minutes. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] To join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://mailman.hwcn.org/mailman/listinfo/ontbirds ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
