This evening, thirteen observers and 4 counters enjoyed the highest count night this year at the Frank Melville Memorial Park stone bridge in Setauket. In less than two hours (114 minutes), we tallied 311 nighthawks, most feeding south of the South pond (at one point, up to 100 lingered there to feed) before eventually continuing westward. Throughout the count period, about 70 of the 311 nighthawks passed overhead, close enough to determine that at least one was an immature bird.
See directions below if you would like to join us at the Stone Bridge to tally or observe. Patrice Domeischel John Turner Directions to Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch: Take the Long Island Expressway to Exit 62 (Nicolls Road). Take Nicolls Road north to the end where it joins State Route 25A in a T-intersection (you'll go past signs to Stony Brook University and go under the LIRR trestle right before the intersection). Make a right on SR 25A heading east for just a few hundred yards. Make a left at the next light, heading north on Main Street. Take this to the end passing through three stop signs) At the fourth stop sign look left and you'll see the stone bridge, in front of you is a post office. Make a right and park in one of the many parking spots lining the south side of the road. -- 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/ --
