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Nighthawk Fest
Starting before 6:30 tonight at the CF, Common Nighthawks were all over Lake Appert — too many to count.
My "Bird Watcher" column on nighthawks is here.
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Oh, dear. That’s quite a long comment. Apologies.
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I stopped counting at 30. They put on quite a show! Also seen at dusk as the nighthawks, swallows, and swifts were winding down: 1 swimming mink, and 2 bats of unknown specificity… (definitely not Chimney Swifts!) I’m not typically there at dusk, so I have no idea how frequently the bats show themselves these days.
Possibly worth noting: when I arrived at about 6pm, someone I was talking to near the welcome kiosk told me they had seen 2 Tricolored Herons. We had some confusion over which platform they said they saw them from, but although I searched from all three platforms, I never found any. I *did* see two Black-crowned Night-herons fly over toward Phair’s Pond. I didn’t check either pond due to lack of time.
It’s possible that this person saw either those two Black-crowned Night-herons, or some of the younger GBHs and were confused (although they did tell me they saw GBHs as well). I don’t know the individual, so I can’t speak to their identification skills. (They did say that I would see plenty of tricolored herons if I went to Cape May, suggesting that they had seen them before.
In any case, it might be a red herring, but locals and frequent Celery Farm visitors might want to keep an eye out.
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julie mccall
Oh, dear. That’s quite a long comment. Apologies.
julie mccall
I stopped counting at 30. They put on quite a show! Also seen at dusk as the nighthawks, swallows, and swifts were winding down: 1 swimming mink, and 2 bats of unknown specificity… (definitely not Chimney Swifts!) I’m not typically there at dusk, so I have no idea how frequently the bats show themselves these days.
Possibly worth noting: when I arrived at about 6pm, someone I was talking to near the welcome kiosk told me they had seen 2 Tricolored Herons. We had some confusion over which platform they said they saw them from, but although I searched from all three platforms, I never found any. I *did* see two Black-crowned Night-herons fly over toward Phair’s Pond. I didn’t check either pond due to lack of time.
It’s possible that this person saw either those two Black-crowned Night-herons, or some of the younger GBHs and were confused (although they did tell me they saw GBHs as well). I don’t know the individual, so I can’t speak to their identification skills. (They did say that I would see plenty of tricolored herons if I went to Cape May, suggesting that they had seen them before.
In any case, it might be a red herring, but locals and frequent Celery Farm visitors might want to keep an eye out.