Not quite those numbers, but.....
Ohio State University, in the interest of attracting migrating nighthawks, turned the lights on at Ohio Stadium last night. About 105,000 birders showed up, and they weren't disappointed. At about 8:30 a dozen or so nighthawks swooped in under the lights. I can't get a better number because the birds would disappear into the dark and then dip back into the lights. They stayed about 20 minutes or so, and then left.
Jeff Grabmeier
P.S. Since the lights were on anyway, they decided to hold an athletic contest on the field, as well. Kudos to Ohio State for getting the most out of the lights!
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, September 3, 2010 9:21 am
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Interesting weather this weekend
To: [log in to unmask]
> Thanks to Greg for the fearless forecast. I wonder if he can tie this
> coming weather to widespread sightings of over 16,000 nighthawks over
> Chicago yesterday: see many posts at
> http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/IBET.html#1283472326
> Bill Whan
> Columbus
>
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