Subject: [Tweeters] Seattle Nighthawks
Date: Jun 10 13:32:47 2016
From: Larry Schwitters - leschwitters at me.com


Does anyone know if the North Central Washington town of Nighthawk still has nighthawks? They sure did in the mid-1980s.

Is crow predation considered a significant factor?

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah

> On Jun 10, 2016, at 1:12 PM, Bud Anderson <falconresearch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I was raised on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle and all through the 1950s onward, we saw nighthawks in summer, flying low along Highland Drive and Kerry Park. They were a regular fixture. Just part of the neighborhood.
>
> They were also common in downtown Seattle flying above and between the buildings back then.
>
> Really miss seeing them. They add so much.
>
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