Last fall John Turner and I discussed how interesting it would be to hold a Nighthawk count west of the Stone Bridge count to see if there were similarities or not.
Keeping this in mind I was able to get out for three days this weekend to see what might be flying around northeastern Queens. I conducted counts on three evenings this week as noted below, all from the end of the APEC boardwalk overlooking the marsh. Last night's results were better, although nothing like John's results. Despite starting each night somewhere around 6pm or earlier, all birds were seen at 7:09pm or later. Mike Jaklitsch Douglaston, NY 31 August 2018 - 75 min, 0 Nighthawks, 3 swifts 2 September 2018 - 112 min, 3 Nighthawks, 3 swifts 3 September 2018 - 94 min, 7 Nighthawks, 18 swifts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Results for Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch - Setauket, NY From: JOHN TURNER <redk...@optonline.net<mailto:redk...@optonline.net>> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 20:05:46 -0400 (EDT) X-Message-Number: 12 September 2nd - 106 nighthawks, 118 minutes September 3rd - 141 nighthawks, 130 minutes, including 29 birds feeding over the north end of the north pond at dusk. Stonebridge Nighthawk Watch to date: 717 birds - 1127 minutes - .636 birds per minute John Turner ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS E-MAIL IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE ADDRESSEE(S) AND MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. IF YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY USE OF THIS INFORMATION OR DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OR COPYING OF THIS E-MAIL IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SENDER IMMEDIATELY BY RETURN E-MAIL AND DELETE THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE. THANK YOU. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
