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| Reply To: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 11 Jun 2007 18:38:54 -0400639_windows-1250 The cool "booming" sound of Common Nighthawks is included in the Peterson "More Birding by Ear" CD set. I thought it sounded interesting, but hadn't witnessed it in person until about a month ago. Some friends and I traveled to South Carolina to the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge in mid-May. Besides finding Bachman's Sparrow, one of the highlights for me was seeing lots of nighthawks flying around during the middle of the day below treetop height. One of them did the diving wing-boom display right over the visitor's center while we were standing in the parking lot about 20 [...]40_11Jun200718:38: [log in to unmask] |
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I have lived in an apartment overlooking a quarry lake near downtown
Columbus for four years. There is a breeding pair that has occupied that lake and
the adjoining section of the Scioto River for that entire time, and is
apparently doing quite well.
Howard Mueller
Columbus, OH
A colleague of mine has been doing survey work along several rivers in
northeast Ohio. He commented that he has been struck by a lack of
kingfishers on the rivers this year. After he mentioned it, I realized
that I haven't been hearing kingfishers along the stretch of the
Vermilion River that passes by my house either. Has anyone else noticed
a dearth of kingfishers this year, at least on northeastern rivers, or
can we chalk this up to "casual sampling"?
Keith Tarvin
Oberlin
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