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> Subject: only 23 Wolfville chimney swifts May 28/13 + CBC-TV News
> on Fredericton chimney!
>
> MAY 28, 2013 - Dusk vigil for chimney swifts roosting at
> Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature Centre: I watched from 8:35 to 9:20
> p.m. (Sunset time about 8:49). Sky clear, cool, 15 C., moderate to
> light wind from southeast.
> 8:49 p.m. - 4+ swifts flying over high.
> 8:54 - one entered chimney, then two more in + 12 more flying by.
> 8:57 - 20 or so flying by.
> 8:59 - one more entered chimney.
> 9:01 - one more in + more swooping low.
> 9:06 - multiple chimney entries (BUT I got distracted by some
> dialogue near me) -- about 8-10 entered chimney.
> 9:10 - 5 more swifts dropped into chimney -- then nothing more to
> 9:20, by which time visibility was getting poor (& boring).
> TOTAL NO. OF SWIFTS THAT ENTERED WAS ABOUT 23+ .
>
> This apparently low number might be interpreted as meaning that
> perhaps today, being clear and warm after lots of very cool
> weather, was a very good day for chimney swifts to continue their
> northward migration, and maybe those former numbers in the
> Wolfville and other roost chimneys will take a day or two to be
> replaced or even exceeded by incoming swifts from further south.
>
> (I have two reasons for often putting a + sign after the number of
> swifts seen dropping in: (1) first, some more may have entered
> before the vigil started, or, as Ally Manthorne suggested recently,
> in inclement weather some swifts might even stay in their roost-
> site all day long without leaving; and (2) I think it might be
> fairly common for swifts to either drop into or exit from roost-
> sites after dark and before dawn.
>
> I am frequently asked at the chimney, just when do the swifts exit
> in the morning? My old answer, based on my ancient morning vigils
> back in the 1980s & 1990s, was that the exit time was extremely
> variable, from very early morning (often) to mid-morning (fairly
> often) to late morning to even noon.
>
> Question for Ally Manthorne or Ken McKenna: Do either of you have
> any new information from the cameras on the chimneys at New Glasgow
> and Middleton roosting sites, concerning what the times of morning
> exits have been in the last couple of years? and how the exits
> correlate with weather during the previous evening and following
> morning?
> ------------------------
> TONIGHT (Tues., May 28/13), CBC-TV Local News came on right after
> the CBC National News ("The National") at 11 p.m. ADT, and the very
> first story was about the newly discovered roosting chimney not far
> from the UNB campus in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The story
> showed Ally Manthorne and Tony Diamond, and mentioned that one of
> Tony's UNB students (Kevin Kelly?) discovered this roosting chimney
> just a week ago? or maybe two weeks ago?, and that this chimney has
> hosted up to 1400+ chimney swifts this Spring. There was excellent
> video footage shown of the gawkers on hand to see and count the
> swifts, and the chimney swifts themselves and their chittering
> noise as they swirled about the chimney and then dropped into the
> chimney opening to spend the night on the vertical walls inside.
>
> Bird Studies Canada field staff Lucas Berrigan and Gabrielle
> Beaulieu have been involved in monitoring the numbers of the swifts
> in this chimney on McLeod Avenue. Incidentally, I remember Lucas
> from his years as a young birder in the Halifax area of Nova Scotia.
> ----------------------
>
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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><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>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>only 23 Wolfville chimney swifts May =
28/13 + CBC-TV News on Fredericton chimney!</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 =
28, 2013</b> - <b>Dusk vigil for chimney swifts</b> roosting at =
<b>Wolfville</b>'s Robie Tufts Nature Centre: I watched from 8:35 =
to 9:20 p.m. (Sunset time about 8:49). Sky clear, cool, 15 C., =
moderate to light wind from southeast. </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">8:49 p.m. - 4+ swifts flying over =
high.</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">8:54 - one entered chimney, =
then two more in + 12 more flying by.</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">8:57 - 20 or so flying by.</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">8:59 - one more entered chimney.</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">9:01 - one more in + more swooping =
low.</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">9:06 - multiple chimney =
entries (BUT I got distracted by some dialogue near me) -- <span =
class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span>about =
8-10 entered chimney.</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">9:10 - 5 =
more swifts dropped into chimney -- then nothing more to 9:20, by which =
<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> =
</span>time visibility was getting poor (& boring).</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>TOTAL NO. OF SWIFTS THAT ENTERED WAS ABOUT 23+</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">This apparently low number might be interpreted as =
meaning that perhaps today, being clear and warm after lots of very cool =
weather, was a very good day for chimney swifts to continue their =
northward migration, and maybe those former numbers in the Wolfville and =
other roost chimneys will take a day or two to be replaced or even =
exceeded by incoming swifts from further south.</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">(I have =
two reasons for often putting a + sign after the number of swifts seen =
dropping in: (1) first, some more may have entered before the vigil =
started, or, as Ally Manthorne suggested recently, in inclement weather =
some swifts might even stay in their roost-site all day long without =
leaving; and (2) I think it might be fairly common for swifts to either =
drop into or exit from roost-sites after dark and before =
dawn.</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">I am frequently asked at the chimney, just when do the =
swifts exit in the morning? My old answer, based on my ancient =
morning vigils back in the 1980s & 1990s, was that the exit time was =
extremely variable, from very early morning (often) to mid-morning =
(fairly often) to late morning to even noon.</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">Question =
for Ally Manthorne or Ken McKenna: Do either of you have any new =
information from the cameras on the chimneys at New Glasgow and =
Middleton roosting sites, concerning what the times of morning exits =
have been in the last couple of years? and how the exits correlate with =
weather during the previous evening and following =
morning?</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">------------------------</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">TONIGHT =
(Tues., May 28/13), CBC-TV Local News came on right after the CBC =
National News ("The National") at 11 p.m. ADT, and the very first story =
was about the newly discovered roosting chimney not far from the UNB =
campus in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The story showed Ally =
Manthorne and Tony Diamond, and mentioned that one of Tony's UNB =
students (Kevin Kelly?) discovered this roosting chimney just a week =
ago? or maybe two weeks ago?, and that this chimney has hosted up to =
1400+ chimney swifts this Spring. There was excellent video =
footage shown of the gawkers on hand to see and count the swifts, and =
the chimney swifts themselves and their chittering noise as they swirled =
about the chimney and then dropped into the chimney opening to spend the =
night on the vertical walls inside. </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" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica; color: #001cd5">Bird Studies Canada field staff Lucas =
Berrigan and Gabrielle Beaulieu have been involved in monitoring the =
numbers of the swifts in this chimney on McLeod Avenue. =
Incidentally, I remember Lucas from his years as a young birder in the =
Halifax area of Nova Scotia.</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"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica; color: #001cd5">----------------------</font></div><div><font =
face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica; color: #001cd5"><br></font></div> =
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