About a week ago in the evening near dusk, I was in the garden and about 10 or so nighthawks flew low overhead to the southwest. I have not seen any since but have been looking. They used to appear flying overhead midsummer, maybe 1-3, as we dined on the back porch....unmistakable fliers.
Libby Edwards Northwest Fort Collins before the foothills Larimer County > On Jun 12, 2019, at 10:31 AM, Derek Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Josh, > > I am curious of the nighthawks as well. I had not seen or heard a single one > this year until about two days ago. Now they are buzzing around my > neighborhood in Milliken the last couple evenings, vocal and all. I simply > hope it is that they have fledged young and are out and about. But bugs are > disappearing around the world, maybe the nighthawks are heading south. Who > knows. > > Derek Hill > Milliken > [email protected] > >> On Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 9:27:24 PM UTC-6, Josh Bruening wrote: >> Why is it that any nighthawk flying in a southerly direction on June 11th >> worries me? Might have to do with hoping I didn’t miss summer. The leaves >> just set in. The tomatoes are just starting to look well. We’ve avoided >> hail thus far. They’ll sit in a tree screeching right in front of me mere >> feet away but I can’t see them. Yet suddenly, as invisible as they were a >> moment prior, they are unmistakably present magically before me. What is it >> with these birds? They’re not here. Then they’re right there. Seriously, >> right there. They mess with you. They don’t mean to. They’re just doing >> them. Their calls can comfort you if you believe them and let them. Summer >> is here. Why point south? Bugs will make them turn that way, I suppose. I >> hope. Maybe this was a longer winter than I thought. Maybe Spring will >> last ‘til July. But they made it. Later than usual. But they’re here. >> How their calls comfort me in my little backyard in mid-town Fort Collins. >> >> Josh Bruening >> Fort Collins > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/f19fe796-0ae2-4e42-9ff9-19ea52d38b2f%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/3EA0F21F-22F8-4934-9D1B-621C453BFF46%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
