The new River Bluff area of Highbanks Metropark was a nice vantage point from which to view several large flocks of nighthawks tonight. I estimated 175, but there could have been many more in the distance. I also found a Merlin eating a Cedar Waxwing, and heard a Great Horned Owl; a nice first visit to a new location! http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38911802 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]