The cool "booming" sound of Common Nighthawks is included in the
Peterson "More Birding by Ear" CD set.  I thought it sounded
interesting, but hadn't witnessed it in person until about a month ago.

Some friends and I traveled to South Carolina to the Carolina Sandhills
National Wildlife Refuge in mid-May.  Besides finding Bachman's Sparrow,
one of the highlights for me was seeing lots of nighthawks flying around
during the middle of the day below treetop height.  One of them did the
diving wing-boom display right over the visitor's center while we were
standing in the parking lot about 20 yards away.

For Ohio sightings, I see nighthawks regularly at the Kroger at I-70 and
SR 202 in Huber Heights (Montgomery County) as well as around the lights
at Fifth Third Field in downtown Dayton while watching Dayton Dragons
games.

On another interesting wing noise I'd only heard on a CD before; I heard
a Ring-necked Pheasant crow loudly last Friday and finally could hear
the rapid wing-whirr that often accompanies its call.

Brian Menker
Dayton

No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/843 - Release Date:
6/10/2007 1:39 PM

______________________________________________________________________

Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.

You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]