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On 8/28 Luke Schrader and I observed a flock of 20 or so fly west over our neighborhood and as we walked toward the Colonial Hills school (Worthington) we watched another close to 100 circling low and feeding over the school for a good 20 minutes.  When the local Chimney swifts arrived to roost the Nighthawks dispersed to the west as well. About  5 minutes later it appeared that the two flocks merged and like a squadron on a mission we observed them flying much higher toward the northeast. 

We have since seen smaller flocks over the neighborhood, but nothing like the numbers we saw on the 28th.

Liz 


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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: rob thorn <[log in to unmask]> </div><div>Date:08/31/2015  10:01 PM  (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: [log in to unmask] </div><div>Subject: Re: Nighthawks </div><div>
</div>I checked several areas around downtown Columbus this evening, after attending one of the MetroParks Citizen Input Meetings (at Scioto Audubon).  Stops at Berliner park, Long St Dam, Broad St., and Bexley yielded a total of 3 birds -- 2 at Berliner, 1 at Long Street Dam.  I've not had any big flocks so far this fall, which may suggest that the early wave of Nighthawk migrants has learned to circle around the Columbus urban area.  Not much food or roost spots here, and plenty of predators (Cooper's hawks).  Perhaps the second wave - usually in mid-September - will have more robust numbers.

On the positive side, Chimney Swift numbers seem OK.  260-270 birds were seen swirling into the Drexel Theater chimney in Bexley this evening, and another large flock was milling around northeast of downtown Columbus (Nationwide & 5th).

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