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EdS...@comcast.net
Jun 12, 2021, 1:02:52 AM6/12/21
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Evening birding has been good this evening and last evening from 7:30-8:30. At my place by Pt. Whitehorn I’ve had thirty or so species still active each night. Also, last night and tonight I have heard and seen Common Nighthawks, presumably migrating by along the shoreline. Tonight, I was excited to look up and see a Black Swift with some Barn Swallows. A little while later there were 18-20 Black Swifts fluttering overhead for half an hour or so. Looking at the tails, there were some more fanned out like females and definitely some with somewhat forked tails of males. The overcast weather must have brought them down low from the mountains. Some were quite low.
Ed Swan
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Pauline Sterin
Jun 13, 2021, 9:31:04 AM6/13/21
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Ed, Thanks for the heads up about the Common Nighthawks. A friend and I drove to the Pt. Whitehorn parking lot last evening around 7:30 and a pair showed up after about 15 minutes, then again a while later. Such distinctive flight is a treat to watch.
Pauline Sterin
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Martha Dyck
Jun 13, 2021, 3:05:50 PM6/13/21
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Three nighthawks flying very high and towards the north above Walnut St last evening, their buzzy calls just barely heard. A treat!
Martha Dyck
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Adena Mooers
Jun 13, 2021, 10:53:17 PM6/13/21
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June Parker
Jun 14, 2021, 12:23:17 AM6/14/21
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So I awoke last night and listened to the night sounds coming through my window. This helps me to get back to sleep when my mind won't stop. That's when I heard a strange buzzing bird call and could not imagine what could make such a noise.
And you all have answered my question - a nighthawk. How awesome is that!?! Thanks.
It's curious though. I have always slept with windows open (and have intermittently woke with a whirring mind) and have never heard some of the calls I hear in Bellingham - the owl that sounded like a duck, this buzzing, a few others. I've only been in Bellingham for 2.5 years. Lived on Bainbridge for 25 previous - nothing like this there.
Could it be that different in habitat?
June
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