Ahead of the gusty winds from the west this evening with dark clouds and rumbling behind them, my wife and I observed between 60-70 Nighthawks flying over our property in rural Morgan County this evening (70 D2) from west to east. It took about 2-3 minutes for the birds to float over the ridge - they were up pretty high but some lingered and flew around in circles a bit erratically. Seeing these birds over our yard was a very special moment. It capped a weekend of two long very hot days of manual labor pulling fence from an old overgrown farm, brush clearing, wood cutting and otherwise intense "yard" work. Glen Crippen Burr Oak Lake ______________________________________________________________________ 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]