Spent some time on the back porch for the first time this fall looking for nighthawks. Between 735 and 745 pm counted 116, with 90+ in one flock. I can see about 20% of the sky here, unless I climb up on the roof. All were flying strongly southward. I'll try to count more regularly, especially toward the end of next month and early October, when the last of them pass through. Their numbers have fallen in recent decades, probably because of the declining numbers of goats to suck along the way...... Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]