STOKES BIRDING BLOG

Our wishes came true and last Night was a big Common Nighthawk migration lead. We saw 365 nighthawks. We had some good friends, Lois and Leon from MI, visiting and helping with the face.In an overview, we saw three very different types of movement: high thermalling in a kettle, fast direct southward flights, fast direct northward flights: 3:52 PM 35 Nighthawks thermalling like Broad-winged Hawks, with wings flat and straight out to the sides, tails closed.