[nysbirds-l] Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch Results - August 29th
We recorded the second highest total ever last night (breaking the previous second highest total established the night before) with 487 nighthawks seen, including a kettle of 94 birds. Several dozen chimney swifts actively fed over the ponds during the entire time. Nineteen facemask-wearing, socially-distancing participants watched the show. For those interested, the current issue of The Kingbird has an article on the SBNW which Patrice Domeischel and I co-authored; it summarizes the results of the first three years of the watch (it follows and updates an earlier article I wrote on the first year results). John Turner Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch Directions: Long Island Expressway to Nicolls Road (Exit 62). Take Nicolls Road north to the end where it joins State Route 25A. Make a right heading east on 25A. Make left at first light onto Main Street. Take this north to end where it forms a t-intersection. Look to left and you'll see the stone bridge crossing over water. Make a right and immediately find a parking space on the road across from or near the old Setauket Post Office. -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch Results - August 29th
We recorded the second highest total ever last night (breaking the previous second highest total established the night before) with 487 nighthawks seen, including a kettle of 94 birds. Several dozen chimney swifts actively fed over the ponds during the entire time. Nineteen facemask-wearing, socially-distancing participants watched the show. For those interested, the current issue of The Kingbird has an article on the SBNW which Patrice Domeischel and I co-authored; it summarizes the results of the first three years of the watch (it follows and updates an earlier article I wrote on the first year results). John Turner Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch Directions: Long Island Expressway to Nicolls Road (Exit 62). Take Nicolls Road north to the end where it joins State Route 25A. Make a right heading east on 25A. Make left at first light onto Main Street. Take this north to end where it forms a t-intersection. Look to left and you'll see the stone bridge crossing over water. Make a right and immediately find a parking space on the road across from or near the old Setauket Post Office. -- 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/ --