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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01CC15A5.F03C42D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This was my first check this year of the old farmhouse at Sangster = Bridge, Upper Falmouth. The owner Cheryl Rutledge joined me and we = watched the swifts together. I arrived at 8.22pm for a projected sunset at 8.43. It was relatively = warm by recent standards, about 17C, with a light breeze of 10K from the = SW. I noticed that this does not conform with the recorded conditions = from Windsor or Kentville - there must be local variations. Cloud cover = about 70%. Spring peepers and red wing blackbirds were both very loud and got = louder as the sky darkened. The long-time resident SORA called a few = time from the pond. Both Tree and Barn Swallows are present on the = property in good numbers. The first 4 Swifts arrived at 8.40pm, very high It became obvious that this would not be a bumper night, at 8.55 we = still had only 10 going by.=20 10 entered abruptly at 8.58 with no fuss and no warning, Cheryl tells me = that the same thing occurred last night. 2 more dived in a minute later = and it was all over. At 9.00 there was a ceremonial fly-past right over the house by 2 Canada = Geese that seemed to mark the end of the festivities. Cheryl tells me that last night, May 17th, there were 30+ birds. She = says they often keep her awake at night with their movements inside the = chimney. They have apparently only been here for about the last week. John Belbin ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01CC15A5.F03C42D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19048"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>This was my first check this year of = the old=20 farmhouse at Sangster Bridge, Upper Falmouth. The owner Cheryl Rutledge = joined=20 me and we watched the swifts together.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I arrived at 8.22pm for a projected = sunset at 8.43.=20 It was relatively warm by recent standards, about 17C, with a light = breeze of=20 10K from the SW. I noticed that this does not conform with the recorded=20 conditions from Windsor or Kentville - there must be local variations. = Cloud=20 cover about 70%.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Spring peepers and red wing blackbirds = were both=20 very loud and got louder as the sky darkened. The long-time resident = SORA called=20 a few time from the pond. Both Tree and Barn Swallows are present on the = property in good numbers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The first 4 Swifts arrived at = 8.40pm, very=20 high</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>It became obvious that this would not = be a bumper=20 night, at 8.55 we still had only 10 going by. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>10 entered abruptly at 8.58 with no = fuss and no=20 warning, Cheryl tells me that the same thing occurred last night. 2 more = dived=20 in a minute later and it was all over.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At 9.00 there was a ceremonial fly-past = right over=20 the house by 2 Canada Geese that seemed to mark the end of the=20 festivities.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Cheryl tells me that last night, May = 17th, there=20 were 30+ birds. She says they often keep her awake at night with their = movements=20 inside the chimney. They have apparently only been here for about the = last=20 week.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>John Belbin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0037_01CC15A5.F03C42D0--
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