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> >Does anyone have any info on migratory patterns of
> >nighthawks/robins that they'd like to share? I'm curious whether these
> >events over my elementary school are unique or do nighthawks and robins
> >migrate in such broad bands and in such great numbers that anybody anywhere
> >could expect to see such spectacles?

Nighthawks often move in big flocks through the Midwest as well. One day
at soccer practice in Omaha, when I was about twelve, we had a flock of
around a thousand go over. I have never seen a flock that big again, but
did occasionally see flocks from 50-100.
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