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Hi all,
The Driftwood Wildlife Association, based in Texas, (www.chimneyswifts.org<=
http://www.chimneyswifts.org>) organizes two continent-wide Swift counts ea=
ch year; one in August and the next in September. Participants pick one ni=
ght over the weekend to count either Vaux's or Chimney Swifts at a local ro=
ost site, and then report their numbers and observations, much like Maritim=
es SwiftWatch counts.
This year, the first "Swift Night Out" count will occur between August 10-1=
2 (tonight until Sunday night). While Maritimes SwiftWatch migration counts=
have just finished, I'd like to encourage anyone near a Chimney Swift roos=
t to try one more count for this year (the next Swift Night Out will not oc=
cur until September, when our swifts are all but gone from the Maritimes).
These, and all other reports submitted by Maritimes SwiftWatch volunteers t=
hroughout this year, will be shared with the Driftwood Wildlife Association=
and other Chimney Swift researchers across North America, to help form a b=
etter picture of Chimney Swift migration timing and routes.
Further details are pasted below, and reports can be sent to Maritimes Swif=
tWatch (marswifts@birdscanada.org<mailto:marswifts@birdscanada.org>) or dir=
ectly to the Driftwood Wildlife Association. The current 2012 map can be vi=
ewed here: http://www.chimneyswifts.org/page216.html
A SWIFT NIGHT OUT (http://www.chimneyswifts.org/page7.html)
A SWIFT NIGHT OUT is a continent-wide effort to raise awareness about and e=
ncourage interest in Chimney Swifts and Vaux's Swifts. The project was ori=
ginally inspired by John Connors with the North Carolina Museum of Natural =
Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2001 Paul and Georgean Kyle took J=
ohn's suggestion and developed the program for the Driftwood Wildlife Assoc=
iation that has become a favorite late summer event for professional and am=
ateur birdwatchers alike.
As summer draws to a close and the swifts have finished raising their young=
, these fascinating aerial acrobats begin to congregate in communal roosts =
prior to their migration in the fall. Some roosts may consist of an exten=
ded family group of a half a dozen birds or so, but the larger sites can ho=
st hundreds or even thousands of swifts! We encourage you to involve your =
local Audubon chapters, bird clubs, scout groups and neighbors in this exhi=
larating spectacle.
Here is how it works: Keep your eyes to the skies at dusk in late July and=
watch for areas where swifts are feeding. Look for a tall shaft, chimney=
or similar structure to locate where Chimney Swifts (central to east coast=
) or Vaux's Swift (Pacific coast) go to roost in your area.
This year, on one night over the weekend of August 10, 11, 12 and / or Sep=
tember 7, 8, 9 observe the roost starting about 30 minutes before sunset an=
d estimate the number of swifts that enter. When you have your number, Whe=
n you have your number, email us. That's all there is to it!
We ask that you include the following information:
* Number of swifts counted
* Time
* Date
* Location
* Broad description of the site, e.g. school, warehouse, residence, Chimney=
Swift Tower, etc.
* Weather conditions may also be reported.
Note: Please submit your reports in MSWord, Excel or as text in the body o=
f an email only. Reports in PDF will not be accepted.
Allison Manthorne
Coordinator | Coordonnatrice
Maritimes SwiftWatch | Suivi du Martinet dans les Maritimes
Bird Studies Canada | =C9tudes d'Oiseaux Canada
PO Box | C. P. 6227
17 Waterfowl Lane | 17 ruelle Waterfowl
Sackville, NB (Nouveau-Brunswick) E4L 1G6
Phone | Tel : 506-364-5196 | marswifts@birdscanada.org<mailto:marswifts@bir=
dscanada.org>
http://www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/acswifts/
Follow us on Twitter<https://twitter.com/#!/Students4Swifts> and Facebook<h=
ttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Maritimes-SwiftWatch/266889590012787>
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nk=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'c=
olor:#002060'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=
=3D'color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span s=
tyle=3D'color:#002060'>The Driftwood Wildlife Association, based in Texas, =
(www.chimneyswifts.org) organi=
zes two continent-wide Swift counts each year; one in August and the next i=
n September. =A0Participants pick one night over the weekend to count eithe=
r Vaux’s or Chimney Swifts at a local roost site, and then report the=
ir numbers and observations, much like Maritimes SwiftWatch counts.<o:p></o=
:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#002060'><o:p> =
;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#002060'>This y=
ear, the first “Swift Night Out” count will occur between Augus=
t 10-12 (tonight until Sunday night). While Maritimes SwiftWatch migration =
counts have just finished, I’d like to encourage anyone near a Chimne=
y Swift roost to try one more count for this year (the next Swift Night Out=
will not occur until September, when our swifts are all but gone from the =
Maritimes). =A0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'co=
lor:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=
=3D'color:#002060'>These, and all other reports submitted by Maritimes Swif=
tWatch volunteers throughout this year, will be shared with the Driftwood W=
ildlife Association and other Chimney Swift researchers across North Americ=
a, to help form a better picture of Chimney Swift migration timing and rout=
es.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#002060'=
><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#002=
060'>Further details are pasted below, and reports can be sent to Maritimes=
SwiftWatch (<a href=3D"mailto:marswifts@birdscanada.org">marswifts@birdsca=
nada.org</a>) or directly to the Driftwood Wildlife Association. The curren=
t 2012 map can be viewed here: <a href=3D"http://www.chimneyswifts.org/page=
216.html">http://www.chimneyswifts.org/page216.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span><=
/p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></sp=
an></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p>=
</span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'c=
olor:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mar=
gin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'>A SWIFT NIGHT OUT (<a href=3D"=
http://www.chimneyswifts.org/page7.html">http://www.chimneyswifts.org/page7=
.html</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:=
#002060'>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 <o:p></o:p></span></=
p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002=
060'>A SWIFT NIGHT OUT is a continent-wide effort to raise awareness about =
and encourage interest in Chimney Swifts and Vaux's Swifts.=A0 The project =
was originally inspired by John Connors with the North Carolina Museum of N=
atural Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina.=A0 In 2001 Paul and Georgean Ky=
le took John's suggestion and developed the program for the Driftwood Wildl=
ife Association that has become a favorite late summer event for profession=
al and amateur birdwatchers alike.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNorma=
l style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p=
></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'=
color:#002060'>As summer draws to a close and the swifts have finished rais=
ing their young, these fascinating aerial acrobats begin to congregate in c=
ommunal roosts prior to their migration in the fall.=A0=A0 Some roosts may =
consist of an extended family group of a half a dozen birds or so, but the =
larger sites can host hundreds or even thousands of swifts!=A0 We encourage=
you to involve your local Audubon chapters, bird clubs, scout groups and n=
eighbors in this exhilarating spectacle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'><o:p> =
;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><span sty=
le=3D'color:#002060'>Here is how it works:=A0 Keep your eyes to the skies a=
t dusk in late July and watch for areas where swifts are feeding.=A0=A0 Loo=
k for a tall shaft, chimney or similar structure to locate where Chimney Sw=
ifts (central to east coast) or Vaux's Swift (Pacific coast) go to roost in=
your area.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:=
.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3D=
MsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'>This yea=
r, on one night over the weekend of August 10, 11, 12=A0 and / or September=
7, 8, 9 observe the roost starting about 30 minutes before sunset and esti=
mate the number of swifts that enter.=A0 When you have your number, When yo=
u have your number, email us.=A0 That's all there is to it!<o:p></o:p></spa=
n></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'color:=
#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-l=
eft:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'>We ask that you include the followi=
ng information:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-l=
eft:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p clas=
s=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'>* Nu=
mber of swifts counted<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'm=
argin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'>* Time<o:p></o:p></span></p>=
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#00206=
0'>* Date<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5=
in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'>* Location<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=
=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'>* Bro=
ad description of the site, e.g. school, warehouse, residence, Chimney Swif=
t Tower, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-lef=
t:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'>* Weather conditions may also be repo=
rted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'>=
<span style=3D'color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNor=
mal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><span style=3D'color:#002060'>Note:=A0 Pleas=
e submit your reports in MSWord, Excel or as text in the body of an email o=
nly. Reports in PDF will not be accepted. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D=
MsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p clas=
s=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#002060'>Allison Manthorne<br>C=
oordinator=A0 | Coordonnatrice <br>Maritimes SwiftWatch | Suivi du Martinet=
dans les Maritimes<br>Bird Studies Canada=A0 | =C9tudes d’Oiseaux Ca=
nada<br>PO Box | C. P. 6227<br>17 Waterfowl Lane=A0 |=A0 17 =
ruelle Waterfowl<br>Sackville, NB (Nouveau-Brunswick) E4L 1=
G6<br>Phone | Tel : 506-364-5196 | <a href=3D"mailto:marswifts@birdsca=
nada.org"><span style=3D'color:blue'>marswifts@birdscanada.org</span></a><b=
r>http://www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/acswifts/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p cl=
ass=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#002060'>Follow us on <a href=3D"https=
://twitter.com/#!/Students4Swifts"><span style=3D'color:blue'>Twitter</span=
></a> and <a href=3D"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maritimes-SwiftWatch/266=
889590012787"><span style=3D'color:blue'>Facebook</span></a>=A0=A0 <o:p></o=
:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#002060'><o:p> =
;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></=
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