The posting from Steve Fast reminded me that I had wanted to express my joy to Cayugabirders a few weeks ago while I was in Lawton, Oklahoma (my pied-a-terre for Wichita Mtns NWR). Finally..... a place where Common Nighthawks are thriving. And where could this place be? The parking lot of the local, and vast, Walmart!! There at dusk, dozens of nighthawks flew around making their nasal calls and snapping up the numerous insects attracted to the bright parking lot lights, which stay on all night and which in another frame of mind I would quite loathe!
As an aside, in the daytime, the fences around Walmart and the big piece of open ground adjacent to it made great foraging perches for Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. INteresting to see them dodge the traffic. Now I'm in the Mono Lake Basin, CA, on a photo trip until early July! Bye for now Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com http://www.agpix.com/mari -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
