I also saw one Nighthawk over the hills from Jennings Pond looking northwards. It flew in its erratic way but soon disappeared among the vegetation of the woods. I also saw an Indigo Bunting, two Pileated Woodpeckers and several Cedar Waxwings and Barn Swallows and an Eastern KIngbird was heard.
I saw lots and lots of Vesper Bluets and enjoyed watching them till dusk! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf ________________________________________ From: bounce-117778739-3493...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-117778739-3493...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 9:10 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Nighthawks This evening Pat and I were delivering groceries to her 95 year old mother, who's recovering from temporal arteritis. We left her place on Triphammer Road at 7:15, stopped at Sunset Park to see if we could spot any Nighthawks from there, then zipped down to the RTJ golf course. We parked near the lodge and took stations along the post-and-rail fence where we could see lots of sky. Various people stopped and asked about what we were looking for (the Audubon Field Guide app is such a great resource to have in one's pocket for answering questions like that!) At about 7:40 I spotted one Nighthawk far away over Lighthouse Woods. Another birder came by a couple minutes later, but left before I got his name. Five minutes later there were seven Nighthawks over our heads. I wrote a quick email notice (I always have email access in my pocket, but no texting). Soon the birds headed over toward the Fire Training Tower, Fall Creek and Renwick Wood, so we drove over there, and enjoyed at least nine Nighthawks foraging at treetop level - great views! They all disappeared by 8:00 pm. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
