Upper Valley birders may be interested in reading the following, 
suggesting either a dearth of nighthawks coming through this year, or 
delayed migration. Although the focus of their observations is slightly 
east of us, any local sightings would be useful!
Doug Hardy, Norwich

        From: Henry Norwood
        Sent: Sep 4, 2008 5:57 PM
        Subject: Nighthawk Survey Update

        Hi Nighthawk Survey Observers--
         
        Last night, Lillian and Don Stokes scored with 82 nighthawks at
        their farm in southern NH, indicating that the
        nighthawks are still on the move, so keep up the good work!
         
        We are currently (9/04) at 3,931 nighthawks for the year which
        is definitely a low water mark but we have yet to see a serious
        peak for the year.The big question now is whether that peak is
        just late or "not in the cards".
         
        And remember, if you do go out but are "bagelled", please record
        it! Ditto if you were shutout earlier in the survey but didn't
        report it. If we are witnessing a serious long range decline in
        counts, we want as much documentation as possible that the trend
        was not due to a decline in our efforts!
         
        Also, we would very much appreciate any thoughts that you may
        have as to what factors  may be contributing to this year's
        count levels. In October we will be preparing and sending out an
        analysis of this year's survey and, as always, we want and need
        your input.
         
        Thanks for your efforts.
         
                                       Hank Norwood and Jeff Slovin



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