[NatureNS] nesting swifts? and 49, 48+ ch. swifts July 31 & Aug. 1/11,

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> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Date: August 2, 2011 2:12:17 PM ADT
> To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, "Ally (Allison)  
> Manthorne" <amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org>, Becky Stewart <bstewart@bsc- 
> eoc.org>, Karen Potter <Karen.Potter@EC.GC.CA>, Wolfville VIC  
> <tourism@wolfville.ca>, Tony Napoli <t.nap@ns.sympatico.ca>, Sheila  
> McCurdy <skmccurdy@eastlink.ca>
> Cc: Chris Field <field@mathstat.dal.ca>, Wendy Elliott  
> <semaphor@ns.sympatico.ca>, Heather Killen  
> <hkillen@annapolisspectator.ca>, Wendy Elliott  
> <WELLIOTT@KENTVILLEADVERTISER.CA>
> Subject: nesting swifts? and 49, 48+ ch. swifts July 31 & Aug.  
> 1/11, Wolfville RTNC
>
> PLEASE NOTE:  WENDY ELLIOTT PUT AN ARTICLE IN TODAY'S Kentville  
> ADVERTISER  newspaper, entitled "CHIMNEY SWIFTS NESTING?", which is  
> a plea from myself and all SwiftWatchers for information about  
> where chimney swifts are nesting locally.  Now is prime time for  
> hearing the very noisy young swifts which will be out of the nest  
> but probably not yet flying, in residential chimneys, silos of  
> barns, haylofts of barns, abandoned forest buildings or wells,  
> i.e., dark spaces that they can fly into and out from.  Spread the  
> word about this all over our province and in other provinces too,  
> since we want to build an inventory of chimneys and other spaces  
> that are still swift-friendly and deserve to be preserved as  
> nesting or roosting habitat.  Uninformed people can be turned off  
> by the noise from the young swifts and from debris that might fall  
> to the bottoms of chimney flues and then decide to cap their  
> chimneys with screening or put in liners.  My phone number in  
> Wolfville is 542-9204 and e-mail address jimwolford@eastlink.ca .  
> -- THANKS, WENDY!!
> ----------------------------
>
> JULY 31, 2011 -  At Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature Centre (at  
> dusk?), 49 chimney swifts were counted, presumably as they dove  
> into the chimney for the night.  No weather information recorded.   
> Times (of what?) written were 8:54 to 9:07 (presumably p.m.??)(were  
> these entry times??).  Sunset was 8:44 p.m.  Observers were Ann &  
> Darren Booth.
>
> [NOTE -- It's important to write down observation times with am/pm  
> AND the times of first entry into chimney, most entries, and last  
> entry.  And doing this with failing light at late dusk is  
> challenging, especially when you want to keep looking at the  
> chimney!][JW]
>
> --------------------------
> AUG. 1, 2011 - With some help from two visitors from The Mira area  
> of Cape Breton, at dusk at Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature Centre, I  
> counted 48+ chimney swifts as they dove into the chimney for the  
> night.  Sky was clear but hazy, windy (from north all day), warm,  
> 23 C.  Earliest entries by the swifts were at 8:35 and then not  
> until 9:00 p.m.  Most entries were at 9:05 to 9:07 p.m., then  
> stragglers until at least 9:15.  Sunset tonight was 8:42 p.m., and  
> observations were from 8:30 to 9:18 p.m., when it was really hard  
> to see any more.  Observers Jim Wolford plus about 10-12 others,  
> none of whom gave me estimates.  But tony Napoli watched from afar  
> and thought there were quite a few more (a guess) than what I  
> counted.    My own count might well have been too low, since I was  
> talking with visitors  and may well have been less than totally  
> attentive.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville


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<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
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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">"James W. Wolford" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</fon=
t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
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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">August 2, 2011 2:12:17 PM =
ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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#000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jim Wolford &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;, =
"Ally (Allison) Manthorne" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org">amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org</a>&gt;, =
Becky Stewart &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:bstewart@bsc-eoc.org">bstewart@bsc-eoc.org</a>&gt;, Karen =
Potter &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:Karen.Potter@EC.GC.CA">Karen.Potter@EC.GC.CA</a>&gt;, =
Wolfville VIC &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:tourism@wolfville.ca">tourism@wolfville.ca</a>&gt;, Tony =
Napoli &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:t.nap@ns.sympatico.ca">t.nap@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&gt;, =
Sheila McCurdy &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:skmccurdy@eastlink.ca">skmccurdy@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</font>=
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Chris Field &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:field@mathstat.dal.ca">field@mathstat.dal.ca</a>&gt;, =
Wendy Elliott &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:semaphor@ns.sympatico.ca">semaphor@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&gt;,=
 Heather Killen &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:hkillen@annapolisspectator.ca">hkillen@annapolisspectator.c=
a</a>&gt;, Wendy Elliott &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:WELLIOTT@KENTVILLEADVERTISER.CA">WELLIOTT@KENTVILLEADVERTIS=
ER.CA</a>&gt;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>nesting swifts? and 49, 48+ ch. =
swifts July 31 &amp; Aug. 1/11, Wolfville RTNC</b></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> PLEASE NOTE: =
&nbsp;WENDY ELLIOTT PUT AN ARTICLE IN TODAY'S Kentville ADVERTISER =
&nbsp;newspaper, entitled "CHIMNEY SWIFTS NESTING?", which is a plea =
from myself and all SwiftWatchers for information about where chimney =
swifts are nesting locally. &nbsp;Now is prime time for hearing the very =
noisy young swifts which will be out of the nest but probably not yet =
flying, in residential chimneys, silos of barns, haylofts of barns, =
abandoned forest buildings or wells, i.e., dark spaces that they can fly =
into and out from. &nbsp;Spread the word about this all over our =
province and in other provinces too, since we want to build an inventory =
of chimneys and other spaces that are still swift-friendly and deserve =
to be preserved as nesting or roosting habitat. &nbsp;Uninformed people =
can be turned off by the noise from the young swifts and from debris =
that might fall to the bottoms of chimney flues and then decide to cap =
their chimneys with screening or put in liners. &nbsp;My phone number in =
Wolfville is 542-9204 and e-mail address <a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a> . -- =
THANKS, =
WENDY!!<div>----------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica"><b>JULY 31, 2011</b> -&nbsp; At <b>Wolfville</b>'s =
Robie Tufts Nature Centre (at dusk?),<b> 49 chimney swifts</b> were =
counted, presumably as they dove into the chimney for the night.&nbsp; =
No weather information recorded.&nbsp; Times (of what?) written were =
8:54 to 9:07 (presumably p.m.??)(were these entry times??).&nbsp; Sunset =
was 8:44 p.m.&nbsp; Observers were Ann &amp; Darren =
Booth.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">[NOTE -- It's important to write down observation =
times with am/pm AND the times of first entry into chimney, most =
entries, and last entry. &nbsp;And doing this with failing light at late =
dusk is challenging, especially when you want to keep looking at the =
chimney!][JW]</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: medium;"><b><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-weight: =
normal;"><br></span></b></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">--------------------------</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica"><b>AUG. 1, 2011</b> - With some help from two visitors =
from The Mira area of Cape Breton, at dusk at <b>Wolfville</b>'s Robie =
Tufts Nature Centre, I counted <b>48+ chimney swifts</b> as they dove =
into the chimney for the night.&nbsp; Sky was clear but hazy, windy =
(from north all day), warm, 23 C.&nbsp; Earliest entries by the swifts =
were at 8:35 and then not until 9:00 p.m.&nbsp; Most entries were at =
9:05 to 9:07 p.m., then stragglers until at least =
9:15.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sunset tonight was 8:42 p.m., and observations were =
from 8:30 to 9:18 p.m., when it was really hard to see any more.&nbsp; =
Observers Jim Wolford plus about 10-12 others, none of whom gave me =
estimates. &nbsp;But tony Napoli watched from afar and thought there =
were quite a few more (a guess) than what I counted. &nbsp;&nbsp; My own =
count might well have been too low, since I was talking with =
visitors&nbsp; and may well have been less than totally =
attentive.&nbsp;</font></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville</font></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>=

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