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--Apple-Mail-11-134453229 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>, "Ally (Allison) Manthorne" > <amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org>, Wolfville VIC <tourism@wolfville.ca>, Jo > Bishop <albert.system@hotmail.com>, Tony Napoli > <t.nap@ns.sympatico.ca> > Subject: only 20(++?) ch. swifts, Wolfville, RTNC, May 22/13 > > > MAY 22, 2013 - Rainy & cool day off and on during day. In evening > I watched the chimney of Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature Centre from > 8:10 to 9:15 p.m. -- Sunset time was about 8:43 p.m. -- sky totally > overcast but not dark, no precipitation, cool, 10 C., light breeze > from southeast which grew during my hour of watching -- 2+1 chimney > swifts dropped into the chimney at 8:12, right after my watching > began (so it's quite likely that I missed considerable numbers that > were already in their night-time roost?) -- 15 more swifts dove > into chimney at 8:18, then single entries at 8:25 and 8:34 -- then > no more swifts seen at all, and by 9:10 p.m. the sky was darkened > to the point that swifts would have been difficult to see. > > Tonight the counting was dreadfully easy for me, and my total was > only 20 roosting chimney swifts (?+ how many earlier swifts??). > > P.S. On my drive down to the RTNC, along the way on Wickwire Avenue > at Wickwire Place, on the road was a male, female pair of mallards > for some unknown reason (never seen there before by me, and no pond > near there -- maybe the female had it in mind to lay her eggs > somewhere there, and the male was guarding her during her egg- > laying period of several days?). > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-11-134453229 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>>, = "Ally (Allison) Manthorne" <<a = href=3D"mailto:amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org">amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org</a>>, = Wolfville VIC <<a = href=3D"mailto:tourism@wolfville.ca">tourism@wolfville.ca</a>>, = Jo<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bishop <<a = href=3D"mailto:albert.system@hotmail.com">albert.system@hotmail.com</a>>= ;, Tony<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Napoli <<a = href=3D"mailto:t.nap@ns.sympatico.ca">t.nap@ns.sympatico.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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>only 20(++?) ch. swifts, Wolfville, = RTNC, May 22/13</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: 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>MAY 22, 2013 </b>- <b>Rainy & cool day</b> off = and on during day. In evening I watched the chimney of Wolfville's = <b>Robie Tufts Nature Centre</b> from 8:10 to 9:15 p.m. -- Sunset time = was about 8:43 p.m. -- sky totally overcast but not dark, no = precipitation, cool, 10 C., light breeze from southeast which grew = during my hour of watching -- 2+1<b> chimney swifts</b> dropped into the = chimney at 8:12, right after my watching began (so it's quite likely = that I missed considerable numbers that were already in their night-time = roost?) -- 15 more swifts dove into chimney at 8:18, then single entries = at 8:25 and 8:34 -- then no more swifts seen at all, and by 9:10 p.m. = the sky was darkened to the point that swifts would have been difficult = to see.</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">Tonight the counting was dreadfully easy for me, and = <b>my total was only 20 roosting chimney swifts (?+ how many earlier = swifts??)</b>.</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">P.S. On my drive down to the RTNC, along the way on = Wickwire Avenue at Wickwire Place, on the road was a male, female = <b>pair of mallards</b> for some unknown reason (never seen there before = by me, and no pond near there -- maybe the female had it in mind to lay = her eggs somewhere there, and the male was guarding her during her = egg-laying period of several days?).</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">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</font></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-11-134453229--
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