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--Apple-Mail-12--22767253 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Holly Lightfoot > <hlightfoot@bsc-eoc.org>, Tony Napoli <tonygnap74@gmail.com> > Cc: Claire Diggins <claire_diggins@hotmail.com>, Bonnie & Albert > Johnson <albie.j@hotmail.com> > Subject: [ValleyNature] 172, 561, 300 ch. swifts May 28/14 at > Wolfville, Middleton, Upper Falmouth > > MAY 28, 2014 - Today was quite cold and overcast, until the sun > came out and warmed everyone in early afternoon through evening. > Thus the chimney swifts got in a half-day of probably good > feeding. In evening I just had to check the Wolfville Robie Tufts > Nature Centre chimney and the swifts, which were last counted (118) > on May 25 by myself. > > I arrived luckily at 8:25 p.m., just in time to see the first swift > entry at 8:29, along with about 25+ swifts swooping at low altitude > past the chimney. > > WEATHER: 11 C., cool to cold, sky totally clear, strong cold wind > from northwest. > > OBSERVATION TIMES: 8:25 to 9:20 p.m. (sunset 8:48). > SWIFTS' ENTRY TIMES: 8:29 to 9:10 -- 28 went in early at 8:33, and > 85 went in at 9:07 -- otherwise the rest went in mostly as singles > over a long time-period. > > Tony Napoli joined my watch after about a third of the swifts had > entered. It was nice to see the swooping swifts gradually grow in > numbers as the time progressed, and despite the strong wind we > could also hear the chittering calls sometimes. > > My total numbers tonight were 172 chimney swifts, which for > Wolfville in recent years is a very good number. > > BUT on my e-mail when I got home I found that Bonnie Johnson at the > Middleton Regional High School counted 561 swifts!, and Cheryl > Rutledge had so many swifts going into her gigantic cement chimney > (multi-flue) of her Upper Falmouth farmhouse (not far from the > Sangster Bridge) could only guess there were 300 swifts in all! > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, Bonnie in Middleton, & Cher in Upper > Falmouth > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-12--22767253 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; "><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>>, Holly Lightfoot <<a = href=3D"mailto:hlightfoot@bsc-eoc.org">hlightfoot@bsc-eoc.org</a>>, = Tony Napoli <<a = href=3D"mailto:tonygnap74@gmail.com">tonygnap74@gmail.com</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>Cc: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Claire Diggins <<a = href=3D"mailto:claire_diggins@hotmail.com">claire_diggins@hotmail.com</a>&= gt;, Bonnie & Albert Johnson <<a = href=3D"mailto:albie.j@hotmail.com">albie.j@hotmail.com</a>></font></di= v></blockquote><br><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>[ValleyNature] 172, 561, = 300 ch. swifts May 28/14 at Wolfville, Middleton, Upper = Falmouth</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"Arial" size=3D"4" = style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial"><b>MAY 28, 2014</b> - Today was quite cold = and overcast, until the sun came out and warmed everyone in early = afternoon through evening. Thus the<b> chimney swifts</b> got in a = <b>half-day of probably good feeding</b>. In evening I just had to = check the <b>Wolfville Robie Tufts Nature Centre chimney</b> and the = swifts, which were last counted (118) on May 25 by = myself.</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">I arrived luckily = at 8:25 p.m., just in time to see the first swift entry at 8:29, along = with about 25+ swifts swooping at low altitude past the chimney. = </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">WEATHER: 11 C., = cool to cold, sky totally clear, strong cold wind from = northwest.</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">OBSERVATION = TIMES: 8:25 to 9:20 p.m. (sunset 8:48).</font></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">SWIFTS' ENTRY TIMES: 8:29 to 9:10 -- 28 went in early at = 8:33, and 85 went in at 9:07 -- otherwise the rest went in mostly as = singles over a long time-period.</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">Tony Napoli joined my watch after about a = third of the swifts had entered. It was nice to see the swooping = swifts gradually grow in numbers as the time progressed, and despite the = strong wind we could also hear the chittering calls = sometimes.</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">My total numbers = tonight were <b>172 chimney swifts</b>, which for Wolfville in recent = years is a very good number.</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">BUT on my e-mail when I got home I found that <b>Bonnie = Johnson</b> at the <b>Middleton Regional High School </b>counted <b>561 = swifts!</b>, and <b>Cheryl Rutledge </b>had so many swifts going into = her gigantic cement chimney (multi-flue) of her <b>Upper Falmouth = farmhouse</b> (not far from the Sangster Bridge) could only <b>guess</b> = there were <b>300 swifts</b> in all!</font></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"><br></font></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">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, = Bonnie in Middleton, & Cher in Upper Falmouth</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px = Arial"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-12--22767253--
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