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Fwd: Night hawk on Bald Head Island
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Fwd: Night hawk on Bald Head Island
- From: Kate Finlayson <katefin@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 08:09:48 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: ccanfield@audubon.org
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
--- allisonbhic@bellsouth.net wrote:
> From: <allisonbhic@bellsouth.net>
> To: ppaw@sccoast.net
> CC: katefin@yahoo.com
> Subject: Night hawk on Bald Head Island
> Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:06:34 -0500
>
> Greetings!
>
> How exciting! There is no doubt in my mind that what
> I saw on the day we received snow (my dog scared it
> up from its warm hiding place on the ground), and
> what I have been hearing this past week, has been a
> night hawk. I see and hear the night hawks here all
> summer, but this is the first time I have seen or
> heard them in the winter. The motorized or as
> Peterson's says "nasal" peent is the call I hear. I
> have also heard it followed by what sounds like
> quick and short chuckles (I'm not too great at
> describing it). And it is definitely flying high in
> the air next to my house. Is there someone here in
> Brunswick County that could come out and confirm my
> rare find?
>
> Regards,
>
> Allison Sill
> Environmental Education Coordinator
> Bald Head Island Conservancy
>
=====
Kate Finlayson
N. Chatham Co.,N.C.
katefin@yahoo.com
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