Between 6:30 at 7 PM, on my usual stroll along the quiet streets of the Akron suburb of Fairlawn, I happened to look up and spot a migrating nighthawk, then 2 more.  Then 50 more over the next 20 minutes.  Total 53 counted, no doubt there were more before I saw the first one.  They all flew from west to east, in about as direct a fashion as nighthawks ever fly, definitely not feeding behavior, and they remained silent.  I was able to point them out to two neighbors, who had never noticed such birds before.

Dr. Bob Barrett
216 Crouse Hall
Department of Geosciences
at
University of Akron


Teaching one class Fall Semester 2017:
Introduction to Environmental Science

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