Date: 8/28/24 9:15 am From: Nick Bolgiano <nickbolgiano...> Subject: Re: Koch property, Northampton County
Arlene's posts from the farm are always informative and appreciated.
On Monday, at the Hawk Ridge hawk watch in Duluth, MN, 12,000 C. Nighthawks
were counted during the hawk watch period and an additional 23,000 were
tallied after 5 p.m., for a total of 35,000 on the day. Apparently,
nighthawks are doing OK in some places.
Sean McLaughlin, from Huntingdon Co. and the 2021 hawk watch counter at
Tussey Mt, PA, is the lead counter at Hawk Ridge this season.
Nick Bolgiano
State College
On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 12:02 PM DAVID KOCH <
<0000012d74227426-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> For the past three nights I've been looking for nighthawks. But the count
> so far is dragonflies - 5; nighthawks - 0. In past years I've seen lots of
> them but their numbers have been dropping. So we'll see what happens. I
> recently saw a report of 1400 of them at a site in New Hampshire. although
> it was unclear if that was for one night or several. But while I tanked on
> nighthawks, the backyard was really busy. It was hot and the sunlight on a
> big mulberry tree had flycatchers and warblers constantly moving around in
> it or sparring with each other. Flycatchers see were willow,
> yellow-bellied, olive-sided, and eastern wood pewee. Warblers were several
> redstarts, a yellow warbler, a yellow-rumped warbler, a Tennessee, and a
> magnolia. When the sun went down over the far western hills around 7 pm
> almost all the activity stopped. But I can't complain about not seeing
> nighthawks.
> Arlene Koch Easton, PA Northampton County <davilene...>
>
