We had over a quarter-inch of rain come down between 6:30 (sunrise-ish)
and 7:15 this morning with very little wind. I took the dogs over to the
cemetery about 7:30 under broken, multi-layered cloud cover with bits of
blue sky poking through, and noted a migratory flock of nighthawks at
about 7:45. Approximately 80 nighthawks were in a very compact flock in
steady powered flight just over treetop level heading directly north to
south. I figure they had to have been coming through Minnesota during
the night, and chose to continue as they just caught the back side of
our rain line upon entering Iowa. If they had been roosting close to our
area, they would have been rather soaked and surely not in hurry to
start movement until dried out. Now the sun's out and it's going to cook
up more rain later today.
Matthew Kenne
Algona, Iowa
[email protected]
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