[MASSBIRD] Good nighthawk count last week, Pittsfield

[Young, John (DPU)]

​If folks are interested in nighthawk counts . . .  Not really knowing what I was doing, I waited a while for sunset at Brielman Marsh / Utility Drive at the Pittsfield wastewater plant, thinking it would be a good place to see some nighthawks migrating north.  A week ago, 5/20.  I almost missed them, not even naked-eye birds, a high elevation group of 23 birds generally heading NW.  That's a good number.  Hoffman Bird Club's annotated list suggests a possible max of 40 over Lake Pontoosuc in 1946.  Cheers.  Happy birding.

John Young

Jamaica Plain
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Hello

Earlier this week while fly fishing on the Millers River in Erving there was a large caddis fly hatch as the sun was setting and two nighthawks circled above me for a while.  Like the rising fish around me, they seemed to be taking advantage of the bounty.

Bill Lafley 

New Salem 

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On May 27, 2021, at 9:29 PM, Young, John (DPU) <john....@state.ma.us> wrote: