Sorry for the delay in sending this out.

Nighthawk watches have been underway in the vicinity of I-91 Exit 13  
in Norwich off and on in the evenings since August 9. Most of the  
observations so far this season have been made from the vicinity of  
Foley Point, which is in Vermont to the southwest of the Ledyard  
Bridge, which is between Norwich and Hanover. Parking for Foley Point  
is in the commuter lot for which the entrance is the first left when  
going north on Norwich's River Road from the Ledyard Bridge.

Our earliest sighting of Common Nighthawks this season was of two on  
August 12. Yesterday evening, eight nighthawks were seen by Spencer  
and Doug Hardy and me, bringing our total for this season to ten from  
this observation area.

A bonus in looking for migrating nighthawks from the Foley Point area  
has been the presence of a nice variety of other bird species such as  
represented in the tally below for yesterday evening.

George

George Clark
Norwich, VT



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eBird Report - Ledyard Bridge Area- CT River, Norwich , 8/24/09
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Location: Ledyard Bridge Area- CT River, Norwich Observation date:  
8/24/09 Notes: nighthawk watch, river level down, but rising, mostly  
sunny,clearing then fog Number of species: 23 Canada Goose 10 Wood  
Duck 3 Mallard 60 Great Blue Heron 1 Green Heron 1 Common Nighthawk 8  
nighthawk survey, all moving south 7:30-8 Chimney Swift 2 high moving  
south Belted Kingfisher 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker  
1 Eastern Phoebe 3 Eastern Kingbird 4 Red-eyed Vireo 1 American Crow 2  
Gray Catbird 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 trace  
of chestnut on flank Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2 Black-and-white  
Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Scarlet Tanager 1 Baltimore Oriole 3  
American Goldfinch 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird  
v2(http://ebird.org)

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