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--Apple-Mail-1-731613606 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed THANKS, WAYNE! for remembering the Swift Night Out weekend of Aug. =20 9,10,11, this year, and another such weekend will be in Sept. (check =20 chimneyswifts.org Web site for dates). One little question re your =20 report -- you mention "feeding swifts", which I would just call "pre-=20 roosting swifts", in my long experience of watching large numbers of =20 swifts circling many gawkers in the 1970s to 1990s for 20 minutes at =20 a time before the descents into the chimneys, hardly anyone was hit =20 by whitewash from the swifts -- thus my guess that the actual =20 foraging and feeding in most days ends before those pre-roosting =20 activities. No doubt this depends upon what foraging conditions were =20= in any one day, but usually the swifts have had several hours of =20 intermittent feedings before heading toward the roosting sites. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Wayne P. Neily" <neilyornis@hotmail.com> > Date: August 11, 2013 2:02:52 PM ADT > To: NatureNS List <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Cc: Chimney Swift <dwa@austin.rr.com> > Subject: [NatureNS] Swifts Night Out - Middleton report > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hello All, > > Although I thought that I had seen a note reminding everyone that =20 > this weekend (Aug. 9 - 11) was the main one for the internationally =20= > coordinated 'Swifts Night Out' (www.chimneyswifts.org), I could not =20= > find it when I went to send this report, and I see that for some =20 > reason Maritime Swiftwatch held an event with that title on July 27 =20= > at Wolfville. > > Anyway, my Swifts Night Out count for the Middleton Regional High =20 > chimney on August 10 was of 365 entering the chimney between 2052 =20 > and 2110 (plus another 5-6 that went by about 2108 and were never =20 > seen to enter although we remained until 2125). All but 6 of the =20 > 365 went in between 2100 and 2103, so there was necessarily some =20 > estimating for that 3-minute period. Frances Lourie was the only =20 > other observer there at the time, and, counting independently from =20 > another angle and another car, she had 350-355, so the numbers seem =20= > quite reliable. I began observing at 2020, and the first feeding =20 > swifts appeared about 2025, with circling flocks building up until =20 > 2100. The first one entered at 2052, but the next was not until =20 > 2100. Sky was clear, wind light, temperature about 21=BAC. > > I also had done a count here on 27 July, getting 280 swifts, also, =20 > surprisingly, nearly all entering between 2100 and 2102. > > With today being Robie Tufts' birthday, I trust that someone will =20 > be checking his site this evening. I may even celebrate by going =20 > out to some of his favorite Grand Pr=E9 or Evangeline Beach sites =20 > before the tide gets too far out! > > Wayne P. Neily > Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia > > "There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, > There is a rapture on the lonely shore, > There is society, where none intrudes, > By the deep sea, and music in its roar: > I love not man the less, but Nature more." - George Gordon, Lord =20 > Byron, 1812 [Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto IV]. > --Apple-Mail-1-731613606 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> THANKS, WAYNE! for remembering the Swift Night Out weekend of Aug. = 9,10,11, this year, and another such weekend will be in Sept. (check = chimneyswifts.org Web site for dates). One little question re your = report -- you mention "feeding swifts", which I would just call = "pre-roosting swifts", in my long experience of watching large numbers = of swifts circling many gawkers in the 1970s to 1990s for 20 minutes at = a time before the descents into the chimneys, hardly anyone was hit by = whitewash from the swifts -- thus my guess that the actual foraging and = feeding in most days ends before those pre-roosting activities. No = doubt this depends upon what foraging conditions were in any one day, = but usually the swifts have had several hours of intermittent feedings = before heading toward the roosting sites.<div><br></div><div>Cheers from = Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><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>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"Wayne P. Neily" <<a = href=3D"mailto:neilyornis@hotmail.com">neilyornis@hotmail.com</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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">August 11, 2013 2:02:52 PM = 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">NatureNS List <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></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">Chimney Swift <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwa@austin.rr.com">dwa@austin.rr.com</a>></font></div><d= iv 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>[NatureNS] Swifts Night Out - Middleton = report</b></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>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Calibri; font-size: = 29px; "><div dir=3D"ltr">Hello All,<br> <br>Although I thought that = I had seen a note reminding everyone that this weekend (Aug. 9 - 11) was = the main one for the internationally coordinated 'Swifts Night Out' (<a = href=3D"http://www.chimneyswifts.org">www.chimneyswifts.org</a>), I = could not find it when I went to send this report, and I see that for = some reason Maritime Swiftwatch held an event with that title on July 27 = at Wolfville.<br> <br>Anyway, my Swifts Night Out count for the = Middleton Regional High chimney on August 10 was of 365 entering = the chimney between 2052 and 2110 (plus another 5-6 that went by about = 2108 and were never seen to enter although we remained until = 2125). All but 6 of the 365 went in between 2100 and 2103, so = there was necessarily some estimating for that = 3-minute period. Frances Lourie was the only other observer = there at the time, and, counting independently from another angle and = another car, she had 350-355, so the numbers seem quite reliable. = I began observing at 2020, and the first feeding swifts appeared about = 2025, with circling flocks building up until 2100. The first one = entered at 2052, but the next was not until 2100. Sky was clear, = wind light, temperature about 21<font face=3D"Times New Roman, = serif">=BA</font>C.<br> <br>I also had done a count here on 27 = July, getting 280 swifts, also, surprisingly, nearly all entering = between 2100 and 2102.<br><br>With today being Robie Tufts' birthday, I = trust that someone will be checking his site this evening. I may = even celebrate by going out to some of his favorite Grand Pr=E9 or = Evangeline Beach sites before the tide gets too far out!<br><br><p = class=3D"ecxecxecxMsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; = padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></p><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: = 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span lang=3D"EN-US"><font face=3D"Times New = Roman"><strong><font = size=3D"5"></font></strong></font></span></div><div>Wayne P. = Neily<br>Tremont, Kings Co., Nova Scotia<br> </div><span = class=3D"ecxApple-style-span" style=3D"word-spacing: 0px; font: normal = normal normal medium/normal Helvetica; text-transform: none; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; border-collapse: separate; "><div><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; ">"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>There is a rapture on = the lonely shore,<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>There is society, where = none intrudes,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>By = the deep sea, and music in its roar:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>I love not man the = less, but Nature more." - George Gordon, Lord Byron, 1812 [Childe = Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto IV].<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br></div></div></span></= div></span></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1-731613606--
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