[TN-Bird] Common Nighthawks galore

From: "Scott Somershoe" <Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 13:52:49 -0500
I was at a music festival at Riverfront in Nashville last night and after =
dark the nighthawks were out in force.  I couldn't hear a thing, of =
course, with loud music and my ear plugs in, but above the pedestrian =
bridge by LP field the nighthawks were flying in and out of the lights.  =
My highest count was 29, meaning there were probably many, many more up =
there.  A bird would be in the lights for just a couple seconds, so =
counting was tough, but you could see them up pretty high all the way down =
to just above the bridge.  At most times you could see 10-12 birds flying =
around, but once in a while a mass of nighthawks would be visible at once =
and you could count real fast.=20

Cheers,
  Scott Somershoe



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