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--Apple-Mail-27-102402419 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Jim Wolford > <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, Ken McKenna <kenmcken@eastlink.ca>, > Wolfville VIC <tourism@wolfville.ca>, Judy & Gordon Tufts > <tandove@ns.sympatico.ca>, Jo Bishop <albert.system@hotmail.com> > Cc: "Ally (Allison) Manthorne" <amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org> > Subject: 75-80 ch. swifts, Wolfville RTNC, May 21/13 > > MAY 21, 2013 - This evening I tried to do a count of chimney swifts > at Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature Centre, but ended up very > frustrated, partly because I am getting too old for this, since > both my vision and especially my hearing are dreadful. > > It was a beautiful evening, and I started watching in plenty of > time at 8:35 p.m., with Sunset at about 8:42 p.m. Sky was clear, > no wind, cool at 12 C. when I started. Nearly all the swifts I saw > were very high up (a sign of harassment from merlins, perhaps?, not > seen in recent years), and they came and went from above the > chimney site. A waxing Moon was up in the south and about 3/5 > toward Full. > > One swift entered the chimney at 8:45 p.m., and about 20+ swifts > were high above at the time. By 8:48 a larger flock of 30+ had > accumulated and flew over and around the site. But then nothing > happened at all until 9:10 p.m., when 2 more swifts dropped into > the chimney. THEN the rest of the swifts, lots of them, suddenly > appeared and all dropped in very quickly, taking me by surprise. > AND just at that moment a young stranger walked up to me and tried > to talk to me about the swifts! YIPE! > > My bottom line is a vague guess that a total of about 75 or more > chimney swifts ended up in the chimney, most of them entering at > about 9:12 to 9:15 p.m. > > When I went to the chimney the next morning to sign the sheets of > observations, I was delighted to discover some corroboration of my > guess of 75+. Unbeknownst to me, Wendell Graham witnessed the > descent of the swifts and made a VIDEO of it!, and his count at the > end was 80+ swifts! Thank you, Wendell, even though I don't know you. --Apple-Mail-27-102402419 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><br></div><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>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>>, Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = Ken McKenna <<a = href=3D"mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca">kenmcken@eastlink.ca</a>>, = Wolfville VIC <<a = href=3D"mailto:tourism@wolfville.ca">tourism@wolfville.ca</a>>, Judy = & Gordon Tufts <<a = href=3D"mailto:tandove@ns.sympatico.ca">tandove@ns.sympatico.ca</a>>, = Jo Bishop <<a = href=3D"mailto:albert.system@hotmail.com">albert.system@hotmail.com</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>Cc: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Ally (Allison) Manthorne" <<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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>75-80 ch. swifts, Wolfville RTNC, = May 21/13</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></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>MAY 21, 2013 </b>- This = evening I tried to do a <b>count of chimney swifts at Wolfville's Robie = Tufts Nature Centre</b>, but ended up very frustrated, partly because I = am getting too old for this, since both my vision and especially my = hearing are dreadful.</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; "><br></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">It was a beautiful evening, and I started watching in = plenty of time at 8:35 p.m., with Sunset at about 8:42 p.m. Sky = was clear, no wind, cool at 12 C. when I started. Nearly all the = swifts I saw were very high up (a sign of harassment from merlins, = perhaps?, not seen in recent years), and they came and went from above = the chimney site. A waxing Moon was up in the south and about 3/5 = toward Full.</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; "><br></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>One swift entered the chimney at 8:45 p.m.</b>, and = about 20+ swifts were high above at the time. By 8:48 a larger = flock of 30+ had accumulated and flew over and around the site. = But<b> then nothing happened at all until 9:10 p.m.</b>, when 2 more = swifts dropped into the chimney. <b> THEN the rest of the swifts, = lots of them, suddenly appeared and all dropped in very quickly</b>, = taking me by surprise. AND just at that moment a young stranger = walked up to me and tried to talk to me about the swifts! = YIPE!</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; "><br></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">My bottom line is a vague guess that a total of about = <b>75 or more chimney swifts </b>ended up in the chimney, most of them = entering at about 9:12 to 9:15 p.m.</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; = "><br></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">When I went to the chimney = the next morning to sign the sheets of observations,<b> I was delighted = to discover some corroboration of my guess of 75+</b>. Unbeknownst = to me, <b>Wendell Graham</b> witnessed the descent of the swifts and = made a <b>VIDEO </b>of it!, and his count at the end was<b> 80+ = swifts! </b> Thank you, Wendell, even though I don't know = you. </font></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-27-102402419--
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