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--Apple-Mail-7-859724011 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Date: May 31, 2013 10:57:46 AM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Jim Wolford > <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, "Ally (Allison) Manthorne" > <amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org>, Tony Napoli <t.nap@ns.sympatico.ca>, Jo > Bishop <albert.system@hotmail.com>, Chris Field > <field@mathstat.dal.ca> > Subject: only 25+ ch. swifts May 30/13, Wolfville RTNC, etc. > > MAY 30, 2013 - In the evening I did a vigil for chimney swifts at > Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature Centre, after a Sunny and fairly > warm day. Only 25+ swifts were counted as they dropped into the > chimney from 9:10 to 9:18 p.m. Sunset was at about 8:51, and I > watched from 8:10 to 9:20 p.m. Weather: sky mostly clear, then > mostly clouded over and fairly dark, then cleared a bit at end of > vigil -- warm, 19 C. down to 16 C., breezy to light wind, nearly > calm, mosquitoes & 'gnats' present. No swifts seen until 8:36, no > entries into chimney until 9:10, last ones entered at 9:18, and by > 9:20 visibility was very iffy and I departed. > > Hard to say why yestereve's (May 29) 50 swifts dropped to tonight's > 25, but perhaps it was a day for continued migration northward? > > Observers Jim Wolford + four others (one local, one from Parrsboro, > and two Americans (Atlanta, Georgia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). > > I suggested to both Americans that at their homes they should find > out about their local chapters of The Audubon Society, or natural > history/birdwatching clubs, and then find out where there are still > old industrial chimneys with swifts or even artificial towers for > swift roosting or nesting or both. > > Check out www.ChimneySwifts.org for how to build artificial towers, > and oodles of other information. > > ChimneySwifts.org > www.chimneyswifts.org/ - Cached - Similar > Promotes the conservation of Chimney Swifts through education, > preservation of existing habitat, and creation of new nesting and > roosting sites. Details about ... > ---------------------- > --Apple-Mail-7-859724011 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webk= it-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>Date: </b></font><font= face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 31, 201= 3 10:57:46 AM ADT</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>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.ca</a>>, Jim Wolford <<a href=3D"mailto:ji= mwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, "Ally (Allison) Manth= orne" <<a href=3D"mailto:amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org">amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org<= /a>>, Tony Napoli <<a href=3D"mailto:t.nap@ns.sympatico.ca">t.nap@ns.= sympatico.ca</a>>, Jo Bishop <<a href=3D"mailto:albert.system@hotmail= .com">albert.system@hotmail.com</a>>, Chris Field <<a href=3D"mailto:= field@mathstat.dal.ca">field@mathstat.dal.ca</a>></font></div><div style= =3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0p= x; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 1= 2.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helve= tica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>only 25+ ch. swifts Ma= y 30/13, Wolfville RTNC, etc.</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-bot= tom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"= font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>MAY 30, 2013</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd= 5"> - </font><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 2= 8, 213); font-size: 12px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color= : rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" co= lor=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5">In the eve= ning I did a </font></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color:= rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" sty= le=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>vigil for chimney swifts</b></font></span>= <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: m= edium; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"fon= t: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5"> at </font></span><span class=3D"Apple= -style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; "><font face= =3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Wolfville</b>= </font></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)= ; font-size: medium; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5= " style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5">'s Robie Tufts Nature Ce= ntre, after a Sunny and fairly warm day. </font></span><span class=3D= "Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; "><font= face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Only 25+= swifts</b></font></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: r= gb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color= =3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5"> were counted= as they dropped into the chimney from 9:10 to 9:18 p.m. Sunset was a= t about 8:51, and I watched from 8:10 to 9:20 p.m. Weather: sky mostl= y clear, then mostly clouded over and fairly dark, then cleared a bit at en= d of vigil -- warm, 19 C. down to 16 C., breezy to light wind, nearly calm,= mosquitoes & 'gnats' present. No swifts seen until 8:36, no entr= ies into chimney until 9:10, last ones entered at 9:18, and by 9:20 visibil= ity was very iffy and I departed.</font></span></span></div><div style=3D"m= argin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; fo= nt: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 28, 213); 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">Hard = to say why yestereve's (May 29) 50 swifts dropped to tonight's 25, but perh= aps it was a day for continued migration northward?</font></div><div style= =3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0p= x; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 28, 213)= ; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right= : 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" siz= e=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5">= Observers Jim Wolford + four others (one local, one from Parrsboro, and two= Americans (Atlanta, Georgia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).</font></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margi= n-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0= , 28, 213); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; ma= rgin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helv= etica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:= #001cd5">I suggested to both Americans that at their homes they should fin= d out about their local chapters of The Audubon Society, or natural history= /birdwatching clubs, and then find out where there are still old industrial= chimneys with swifts or even artificial towers for swift roosting or nesti= ng or both.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; m= argin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal= Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 28, 213); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div styl= e=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0= px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5">Check out <a href=3D"http://www.ChimneySw= ifts.org">www.ChimneySwifts.org</a> for how to build artificial towers, and= oodles of other information.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; ma= rgin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal = normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 28, 213); min-height: 14px; "><= br></div> <ol> <li style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 23.0px 0.0px; line-height: = 19.0px"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"5" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: 16= .0px Arial; color: #001ee6"><a href=3D"http://www.google.ca/url?q=3Dhttp://= www.chimneyswifts.org/&sa=3DU&ei=3DtKuoUdTBIoauqwGBzIHAAQ&ved= =3D0CBwQFjAA&usg=3DAFQjCNHM3kw2MBqOyjvK1JWsgPUfIwvy6Q"><font color=3D"r= ed"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "www.google.c= a" claiming to be</b></font> <b>ChimneySwifts</b>.<b>org</b></a></font></li= > <li style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 15.0px"><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" color=3D"#5e9140" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; co= lor: #5e9140">www.<b>chimneyswifts</b>.<b>org</b>/</font><font face=3D"Aria= l" size=3D"4" color=3D"#222222" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #222222= "> - <a href=3D"http://www.google.ca/url?q=3Dhttp://webcache.googleusercont= ent.com/search%3Fhl%3Den-CA%26q%3Dcache:FhV3SwmcA30J:http://www.chimneyswif= ts.org/%252Bchimneyswifts.org%26gbv%3D2%26ct%3Dclnk&sa=3DU&ei=3DtKu= oUdTBIoauqwGBzIHAAQ&ved=3D0CB0QIDAA&usg=3DAFQjCNHN0ixI6UYCwZs0tes9r= ESJKbvpWg"><font color=3D"#1b33bf" style=3D"color: #1b33bf">Cached</font></= a> - <a href=3D"http://www.google.ca/search?hl=3Den-CA&gbv=3D2&q=3D= related:www.chimneyswifts.org/+chimneyswifts.org&tbo=3D1&sa=3DX&= ;ei=3DtKuoUdTBIoauqwGBzIHAAQ&ved=3D0CB4QHzAA"><font color=3D"#1b33bf" s= tyle=3D"color: #1b33bf">Similar</font></a></font></li> <li style=3D"margin:= 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D= "4" color=3D"#222222" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial; color: #222222">Promotes= the conservation of <b>Chimney Swifts</b> through education, preservation = of existing habitat, and creation of new nesting and roosting sites. 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