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Post by nowyo on Aug 15, 2015 21:09:58 GMT -5
Tuesday evening I was mowing the front yard when I noticed quite a crowd of birds was swooping around. Looking a little closer, there was a winged ant hatch going on. The air was full of bugs and there must have been at least 50 or 60 nighthawks eating them. Some barn swallows showed up to help towards the end.   To give an idea of where it is-in the first picture looking southwest the hill to the left of the tree is Rattlesnake Mountain. Cody is just to the east of that. The second picture is looking pretty much due east and the hills in the background are the Bighorn Mountains. Air is a little hazy from smoke from all the fires west of us. Russ |
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Post by Pat on Aug 15, 2015 23:31:48 GMT -5
Interesting. Never heard of such a thing.
Dinner on the fly!
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Post by quartz on Aug 15, 2015 23:35:05 GMT -5
Nighthawks sure are fun to watch, surprisingly agile for their size.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2015 23:59:35 GMT -5
You can see how much I get out. I didn't even know we had night hawks and definitely not that many. A really good photographer would have gotten some ants in the photo. Pat, I think that would be dinner on the fly ant. Well, Russ, got my pickup back from loaning it out but had to find and fix an electrical problem but the plates are out dated from March (I would have sworn I went back and did that after being 9 months out the last time). Plan on going to Cody Wednesday to get the plates so I will be giving you a call to make an appointment. lol Seems like I am late for everything now. Hope the rock you want me to see hasn't turned to dust. Jim |
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Post by nowyo on Aug 17, 2015 8:20:12 GMT -5
You can see how much I get out. I didn't even know we had night hawks and definitely not that many. A really good photographer would have gotten some ants in the photo. Pat, I think that would be dinner on the fly ant. Well, Russ, got my pickup back from loaning it out but had to find and fix an electrical problem but the plates are out dated from March (I would have sworn I went back and did that after being 9 months out the last time). Plan on going to Cody Wednesday to get the plates so I will be giving you a call to make an appointment. lol Seems like I am late for everything now. Hope the rock you want me to see hasn't turned to dust. Jim I'm not a good photographer. Just a barely adequate picture taker. Fun watching them swoop around for an or so. Jim, I should be around Wednesday. Give me a holler when you're coming through. Russ |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 17, 2015 8:55:05 GMT -5
Agile birds. My bud die has martin nests around his house and complains about them attacking him.
Amazing flyers, beautiful photos.
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Post by bsky4463 on Aug 17, 2015 9:35:58 GMT -5
Way cool Russ, great nature moment to experience. I always enjoy a nighthawk show. Cheers
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