Nighthawk Watch at Longmeadow Flats

There is good news and bad news to report.  The good news is that 21 Allen Bird Club members gathered to watch, share summer birding stories, and munch on cookies.  The bad news is there were no sightings of nighthawks.  Actually, perhaps because of the wind, there were not the number of species usually seen.  There were however the sightings of blackbirds beginning to move together in large flocks, several mallards and wood ducks coming in for the night, the family of mute swans, nine cormorants perched in snags, three Great Blue Herons, a kingfisher, and perhaps the bird getting the most attention was the final bird of the evening - a Great Egret that gracefully flew in and landed at the water’s edge.