The first night (August 27) at the Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch started with a bang with 243 nighthawks being seen in 139 minutes. We also saw a RT hummingbird and at the end of the night several nighthawks came down low to feed over the north pond along with two dozen chimney swifts and a red bat.
On August 28, 96 nighthawks were recorded in 141 minutes. August 29 - 34 in 135 minutes August 30 - 17 in 135 minutes Tonight, August 31, 81 birds were counted in 135 minutes. Two nighthawks fed low over the north pond during the last 6 minutes of the count, followed by an immature Bald Eagle that flew over the pond continuing southeast. John Turner Patrice Domeischel Directions to Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch: Take the Long Island Expressway to Exit 62 (Nicolls Road). Take Nicolls Road north to the end where it joins State Route 25A in a T-intersection (you'll go past signs to Stony Brook University and go under the LIRR trestle right before the intersection). Make a right on SR 25A heading east for just a few hundred yards. Make a left at the next light, heading north on Main Street. Take this to the end passing through three stop signs) At the fourth stop sign look left and you'll see the stone bridge, in front of you is a post office. Make a right and park in one of the many parking spots lining the south side of the road. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
