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--Boundary_(ID_s8x9QEWNzA/w/usWdSErcg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Thanks to Karen and Patricia, from Jim et al. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Potter,Karen [Dartmouth]" <Karen.Potter@EC.GC.CA> > Date: May 30, 2011 11:30:17 AM ADT > To: "Manthorne,Ally [BSC]" <amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org> > Cc: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: RE: Swiftwatch: Oxford and Temperance St. reports > > Hi Ally, > It was great to be part of the positive meeting on Saturday night. =20 > It's great to see people so keen and interested. Let me know if I =20 > can support you in any way with Swiftwatch! > > Patricia Potter did the Swiftwatch at St. Bernard last night: > observation period: 8:20 - 9:36 p.m. > #2 cloud cover > 6 =3D beaufort scale > 17C > no rain > First entrance 9pm - 9:17pm (last entrance) > 101 swifts! > > Cheers > > Karen > > PS Is anyone checking out potential / historic sites in Halifax on =20 > the Swiftwatch dates? > > > From: Ally Manthorne [mailto:amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org] > Sent: May 30, 2011 11:01 AM > To: Whittam,Becky [Sackville]; Paquet,Julie [Sackville]; =20 > Potter,Karen [Dartmouth]; Stewart,Becky [Sackville] > Subject: FW: Swiftwatch: Oxford and Temperance St. reports > > Thanks for helping out last night, Becky and Julie! > > Ally > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-=20 > owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Ally Manthorne > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 10:48 AM > To: NatureNS > Subject: [NatureNS] Swiftwatch: Oxford and Temperance St. reports > > Hi all, > I just got home from a very busy, swift-filled weekend in Nova =20 > Scotia! I want to thank everyone who came out to the NS Bird =20 > Society meeting and presentations at Temperance Street School in =20 > New Glasgow this past Saturday. Ken McKenna and Karen Potter both =20 > gave very interesting talks on Chimney Swift biology and the =20 > importance of the school for swifts. > > As Ken said, around 80 people attended the presentations and =20 > afterward we were treated to a spectacular show as over 270 =20 > chattering swifts entered the chimney. I took a video that I=92ll =20 > post to YouTube tonight. If anyone else has video or photos that =20 > you=92d like to share, we=92d love to see them! Photos of roost sites, = =20 > chimneys, flying swifts, people taking part in swift watches, etc. =20= > are all welcome. Please send to marswifts@birdscanada.org or post =20 > a link to your website where they can be viewed. > > Last night Julie Paquet, Becky Whittam and I did our first of 6 =20 > roost watches at the old foundry chimney in Oxford. This is quite a =20= > neat site: a massive free-standing chimney smack dab in the middle =20 > of someone=92s back yard (although I think the Town of Oxford =20 > actually owns the chimney). The owner of the house beside the =20 > chimney has always been fond of her chattering =91neighbours=92 and is = =20 > hoping they will continue to use this site. We counted 6 swifts =20 > flying around the chimney when we arrived at 8:30, but only 3 =20 > actually entered ( at 9:00). After about 5 minutes, one came back =20 > out, bringing our total down to 2. We=92re really curious about where =20= > those other 4 swifts roosted for the evening! The homeowner also =20 > mentioned that many more swifts (at least 100) used this chimney =20 > before she lived at the house, but the chimney was used once to =20 > burn trash and the swifts stopped roosting there for a while. > > As a side note, we also had bats fluttering around our heads, which =20= > were easy to tell apart from the swifts. We heard one Common =20 > Nighthawk =93booming=94- the first one for me this year. > > I=92m looking forward to the next time I can visit Oxford and do some =20= > scouting around for potential sites. In the meantime, I encourage =20 > anyone who lives in the area to keep watching and listening for =20 > flying cigars! > > Ally > > > Allison Manthorne > Maritimes Swiftwatch Coordinator > Bird Studies Canada > PO Box 6227, 17 Waterfowl Lane > Sackville, NB E4L 4N1 > Phone: (506) 364-5196 > amanthorne@birdscanada.org > marswifts@birdscanada.org > > > --Boundary_(ID_s8x9QEWNzA/w/usWdSErcg) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Thanks to Karen and Patricia, from Jim et al.<br><div><br><div>Begin = forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"Potter,Karen [Dartmouth]" <<a = href=3D"mailto:Karen.Potter@EC.GC.CA">Karen.Potter@EC.GC.CA</a>></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 30, 2011 11:30:17 AM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Manthorne,Ally [BSC]" <<a = href=3D"mailto:amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org">amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Cc: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font f