I had 50 or so from 7:00 to about 7:30, observed 2 different kettles,
one had about 30 birds, first time I've ever seen them kettle.

Also huge amount of dragon flies  around the last few days.  All the NH
were VERY high tonight.


On 9/4/2011 7:47 PM, Paul Hurtado wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Quite a showing this evening! While driving to the grocery store earlier
> this evening, my wife and I passed the Waterman Farm (off Kenny Rd. west of
> OSU campus) where we spotted a flock of 50-90 Common Nighthawks heading east
> from Kenny Rd. north of Lane Ave.  On our drive back from the store around
> 6:45, an even larger group (210+) was seen foraging over the park and
> parking area south of Lane Ave. along Kenny.  About 30 minutes later in the
> area of Fishinger Ave. and Kenny, another 80+ were visible from my yard.  I
> never heard a single vocalization from any of them.
>
> Also present in the air over my neighborhood were large numbers of medium to
> large dragon flies -- I'm not sure if those were the nighthawks' food,
> competitors or both.
>
> Good birding,
> Paul Hurtado
>
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