The nighthawks made it right over our house NW of Story City late yesterday
afternoon. How fun to track their route!
Sue Yeakel
NW Story County
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1. nighthawk movement this AM
2. Buff-breasted Sandpipers - Scott Co.
3. Common Nighthawks in Ames.
4. Red Knot Was Present at HWA
5. Re: Common Nighthawks in Ames.
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Subject: nighthawk movement this AM
From: mkenne <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:30:20 -0500
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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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Subject: Buff-breasted Sandpipers - Scott Co.
From: "Walt Zuurdeeg" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:55:30 -0500
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This afternoon I found a pair of Buff-breasted Sandpipers among the 100s
of Kildeer and 1000s of starlings at Seven Cities Sod north of Davenport.
Walt Zuurdeeg
Davenport
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Subject: Common Nighthawks in Ames.
From: "Dinsmore, Stephen J [NREM]" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:40:23 -0500
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Steve
**********
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management
Iowa State University
339 Science II
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: 515-294-1348
E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Web: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cootjr/
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Subject: Red Knot Was Present at HWA
From: James Forde <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:00:30 -0500
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Subject: Re: Common Nighthawks in Ames.
From: "Tyler M. Harms" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:35:32 -0500
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Birders,
To further both Steve and Matt's comments, I too observed a flock of about
30 Common Nighthawks flying over the south side of the ISU campus this
evening around 5:45pm.
Good birding,
Tyler Harms
Ames, Story Co.
Tyler M. Harms
Graduate Assistant - Wildlife Ecology
Dept. of Natural Resource & Management
Iowa State University
43 Science II
Ames, Iowa 50010, USA
Email: tyharms AT gmail.com
Phone: (515) 294-8419
On Aug 31, 2010 8:29 PM, "Dinsmore, Stephen J [NREM]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Matt's flight of Common Nighthawks in Algona this morning must have made
their way south to Ames by this afternoon. Beginning at 2 p.m. I saw
several
flocks of up to 30 birds flying south into the strong southerly winds.
Steve
**********
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management
Iowa State University
339 Science II
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: 515-294-1348
E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Web: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cootjr/
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<p>Birders,</p>
<p>To further both Steve and Matt's comments, I too observed a flock
of=
about 30 Common Nighthawks flying over the south side of the ISU campus
th=
is evening around 5:45pm.</p>
<p>Good birding,</p>
<p>Tyler Harms<br>
Ames, Story Co.</p>
<p>Tyler M. Harms<br>
Graduate Assistant - Wildlife Ecology<br>
Dept. of Natural Resource & Management<br>
Iowa State University<br>
43 Science II<br>
Ames, Iowa=A0 50010, USA</p>
<p>Email:=A0 tyharms AT <a href=3D"http://gmail.com";>gmail.com</a><br>
Phone:=A0 (515) 294-8419<br></p>
<p>On Aug 31, 2010 8:29 PM, "Dinsmore, Stephen J [NREM]" <<a
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ref=3D"mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br
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=3D"attribution">> Matt's flight of Common Nighthawks in Algona
this=
morning must have made their way south to Ames by this afternoon.
Beginnin=
g at 2 p.m. I saw several flocks of up to 30 birds flying south into the
st=
rong southerly winds.<br>
> <br>> Steve<br>> **********<br>> Stephen J. Dinsmore<br>>
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515=
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