[NatureNS] blooming oaks & maples, up to 45 chimney swifts

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> From: "Jim (James W.) Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Date: May 14, 2014 11:50:05 PM ADT
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
> Cc: Cheryl Rutledge <wynne.rutledge@hotmail.com>, Claire Diggins  
> <claire_diggins@hotmail.com>, Wolfville VIC <tourism@wolfville.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] blooming oaks & maples, up to 45 chimney  
> swifts
>
> MAY 13, 2014 - Today we noticed that young planted oaks (red oak?)  
> are in bloom, but an old red oak on campus is not yet blooming.   
> And sugar maple plus lots of Norway maples are flowerin too in  
> Wolfville.
>
> Tonight I was too late for the roosting chimney swifts at the Robie  
> Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville.  I arrived at 8:38 p.m., temp. 11  
> C., cool, clear sky, light wind from west, after a sunny & warm  
> day.  At 8:49 one swift dropped into the chimney suddenly, and  
> again at 8:54 a single swift dropped in.  I quit at 9 p.m. --  
> apparently I just saw the last two swifts, long after the rest had  
> gone into the chimney earlier?
>
> MAY 14, 2014 - 45+ CHIMNEY SWIFTS at dusk at the Robie Tufts Nature  
> Centre in Wolfville -- watched from 8:19 to 9:00 p.m. (sunset 8:34  
> in the Herald) -- temp. 13 to 12 C., sky mostly overcast,  
> visibility became tricky toward the end, wind light, cool -- at  
> 8:48 one swift dove into chimney, then nothing until 8:55 when 43   
> funneled in -- finally one more dove in at 9 p.m. -- observers Tony  
> Napoli & Jim Wolford -- I thought that a few may have not gone into  
> the chimney, but Tony thought they were all in by 9 p.m.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheryl Rutledge &lt;<a =
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gt;, Claire Diggins &lt;<a =
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#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] blooming oaks &amp; =
maples, up to 45 chimney swifts</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>MAY 13, =
2014</b> - Today we noticed that <b>young planted oaks (red oak?) are in =
bloom</b>, but an <b>old red oak</b> on campus is not yet =
blooming.&nbsp; And <b>sugar maple</b> plus lots of <b>Norway maples</b> =
are flowerin too in Wolfville.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: =
normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; =
"><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" =
style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">Tonight I was<b> too late for the roosting =
chimney swifts </b>at the Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville.&nbsp; =
I arrived at 8:38 p.m., temp. 11 C., cool, clear sky, light wind from =
west, after a sunny &amp; warm day.&nbsp; At 8:49 one swift dropped into =
the chimney suddenly, and again at 8:54 a single swift dropped in.&nbsp; =
I quit at 9 p.m. -- apparently I just saw the last <b>two swifts</b>, =
long after the rest had gone into the chimney earlier?</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; =
min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>MAY 14, =
2014</b> <b>- 45+ CHIMNEY SWIFTS</b> at dusk at the Robie Tufts Nature =
Centre in Wolfville -- watched from 8:19 to 9:00 p.m. (sunset 8:34 in =
the Herald) -- temp. 13 to 12 C., sky mostly overcast, visibility became =
tricky toward the end, wind light, cool -- at 8:48 one swift dove into =
chimney, then nothing until 8:55 when 43&nbsp; funneled in -- finally =
one more dove in at 9 p.m. -- observers Tony Napoli &amp; Jim Wolford -- =
I thought that a few may have not gone into the chimney, but Tony =
thought they were all in by 9 p.m.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
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0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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