On May 28th at around 8:30 pm. I saw 5 Common Nighthawks flying over the Otonabee River at 9th Line, accompanied by a very vocal male nighthawk calling then diving from a tree. He flew to another tree when he came up from his dive, and then went back to the original tree where he repeated both the call and dive again.

Common Nighthawk - Wikimedia

Common Nighthawk – Wikimedia

Susan Chow, Biology Department,  Trent University


Drew Monkman

I am a retired teacher, naturalist and writer with a love for all aspects of the natural world, especially as they relate to seasonal change.