The 2020 season for the Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch concluded last night with three nighthawks seen. As has been the case in past years, the last couple of days of the Watch saw little in the way of nighthawk movement. What distinguishes this year from the past three were the high number of birds that passed through in August, "frontloading" the count.
Thanks to all who participated. It was wonderful to see and meet so many people interested in observing, and learning about, Common Nighthawks! We'll see you again next year. John Turner & Patrice Domeischel (on behalf of Four Harbors Audubon Society) 2020 Summary Common Nighthawk Watch Frank Melville Park - Stone Bridge 2020 August 27th - 44 nighthawks, 106 minutes (44 nighthawks, 106 minutes, .415 bpm) August 28th - 351 nighthawks, 131 minutes (395 nighthawks, 237 minutes, 1.66 bpm) August 29th - 487 nighthawks, 139 minutes (882 nighthawks, 376 minutes, 2.34 bpm) August 30th - 39 nighthawks, 139 minutes(921 nighthawks, 515 minutes, 1.78 bpm) August 31st - 169 nighthawks, 130 minutes (1090 nighthawks, 645 minutes, 1.68 bpm) September 1st - 177 nighthawks, 130 minutes (1267 nighthawks, 775 minutes, 1.63 bpm) September 2nd - 58 nighthawks, 125 minutes (1325 nighthawks, 900 minutes, 1.47 bpm) September 3rd - 149 nighthawks, 120 minutes (1474 nighthawks, 1020 minutes, 1.44 bpm) September 4th - 108 nighthawks, 124 minutes (1582 nighthawks, 1144 minutes, 1.38 bpm) September 5th - 9 nighthawks, 120 minutes (1591 nighthawks, 1264 minutes, 1.25 bpm) September 6th - 15 nighthawks, 120 minutes (1604 nighthawks, 1384 minutes, 1.15 bpm) September 7th - 54 nighthawks, 115 minutes (1658 nighthawks, 1499 minutes, 1.10 bpm) September 8th - 30 nighthawks, 122 minutes (1688 nighthawks, 1621 minutes, 1.04 bpm) September 9th - 6 nighthawks, 111 minutes (1694 nighthawks, 1732 minutes, .978 bpm) September 10th - 28 nighthawks, 110 minutes (1722 nighthawks, 1842 minutes, .934 bpm) September 11th - 16 nighthawks, 112 minutes (1738 nighthawks, 1956 minutes, .888 bpm) September 12th - 8 nighthawks, 117 minutes (1746 nighthawks, 2073 minutes. .844 bpm) September 13th - 10 nighthawks, 106 minutes (1756 nighthawks, 2089 minutes, .840 bpm) September 14th - 0 nighthawks, 100 minutes (1756 nighthawks, 2189 minutes, .802 bpm) September 15th - 10 nighthawks, 110 minutes (1766 nighthawks, 2299 minutes, .768 bpm) September 16th - 12 nighthawks, 101 minutes (1778 nighthawks, 2400 minutes, .740 bpm) September 17th - 15 nighthawks, 96 minutes (1793 nighthawks, 2496 minutes, .718 bpm) September 18th - 4 nighthawks, 100 minutes (1797 nighthawks, 2596 minutes, .692 bpm) September 19th - 6 nighthawks, 101 minutes (1803 nighthawks, 2697 minutes, .668 bpm) September 20th - 3 nighthawks, 97 minutes (1806 nighthawks, 2794 minutes, .646 bpm) September 21st - 1 nighthawk, 90 minutes (1807 nighthawks, 2884 minutes, .626 bpm) September 22nd - 9 nighthawks, 90 minutes (1816 nighthawks, 2974 minutes, .610 bpm) September 23rd - 31 nighthawks, 90 minutes (1847 nighthawks, 3064 minutes, .602 bpm) September 24th - 16 nighthawks, 90 minutes (1863 nighthawks, 3154 minutes, .590 bpm) September 25th - 53 nighthawks, 90 minutes (1916 nighthawks, 3244 minutes, .590 bpm) September 26th - 42 nighthawks, 90 minutes (1958 nighthawks, 3334 minutes, .587 bpm) September 27th - 61 nighthawks, 88 minutes (2019 nighthawks, 3422 minutes, .590 bpm) September 28th - 57 nighthawks, 87 minutes (2076 nighthawks, 3509 minutes, .591 bpm) September 29th - 70 nighthawks, 83 minutes (2146 nighthawks, 3592 minutes, .597 bpm) September 30th - 42 nighthawks, 87 minutes (2188 nighthawks, 3682 minutes, .594 bpm) October 1st - 42 ni hthawks, 84 minutes (2230 nighthawks, 3766 minutes, .592 bpm) October 2nd - 6 nighthawks, 75 minutes (2236 nighthawks, 3841 minutes, .582 bpm) October 3rd - 1 nighthawk, 70 minutes (2237 nighthawks, 3911 minutes, .571 bpm) October 4th - 1 nighthawk, 75 minutes (2238 nighthawks, 3986 minutes, .561 bpm) October 5th - 1 nighthawk, 73 minutes (2239 nighthawks, 4059 minutes, .551 bpm) October 6th - 3 nighthawks, 72 minutes (2242 nighthawks, 4131 minutes, .542 bpm) This year's total was the second highest total in the four years of the watch: 2017 - 2,046 nighthawks seen. 2018 - 2,018 nighthawks seen. 2019 - 2,757 nighthawks seen 2020 - 2,242 nighthawks seen. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
