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--Apple-Mail=_01B7D128-35A0-4979-9D14-7B56D47F6F5C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] Wolfville ch. swifts, a.m. & dusk, May 12/15 > Date: May 13, 2015 at 11:46:32 AM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Wolfville Tourist = Bureau <tourism@town.wolfville.ns.ca> > Cc: Ally Manthorne <amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org> >=20 > MAY 12, 2015 - Dumb luck put my wife Pat Hawes in the right place at = the right time =97 at 11:10 a.m. she witnessed the EXIT of 20+ CHIMNEY = SWIFTS (uncounted) from the chimney of the Robie Tufts Nature Centre in = Wolfville =97 during the gradual exits, three swifts were seen to go = back into the chimney but may have re-exit a bit thereafter. Sky was = overcast, temperature about 17-18 C., not rainy. =20 >=20 > It=92s well known that the overnighting chimney swifts are quite = variable in what time of the next day they =93decide=94 to get active = and leave their roost-site. Most often they exit quite early in the = morning, but mid-morning exits are common, and they sometimes =93sleep = in=94 until noon or even 1:00 p.m., in my experience. >=20 > At dusk I did a vigil for chimney swifts at Wolfville=92s Robie Tufts = Nature Centre. When I left home it was drizzling, but there was no rain = at RTNC on arrival at 8:10 p.m. Sky totally overcast, but good = visibility, wind very light, coolish at 16 C. >=20 > An immature bald eagle flew by from north to south (very late to be = going to its roost), next a blue jay flew northward, then occasional = starlings. >=20 > At 8:24 p.m. a loose flock of about 18 chimney swifts flew over the = RTNC at high altitude. At 8:36 they re-appeared at somewhat lower = altitude. But they flew away and only occasionally were noticeable to = me as they flew about without showing any intention of going to bed in = the chimney. At 8:39 a single swift made a low pass by the chimney. = Then a cool light breeze from the west started. The swifts stayed high = in the air. =20 >=20 > Finally at 8:53 a single swift dove into the chimney. Another dropped = in at 8:58. Next a drizzle began, but it ended after about a minute or = two. But I never saw any more swifts go into the chimney. =20 >=20 > At 9:06 a great blue heron flew by at low altitude, heading westward. = Visibility was extremely bad by 9:10 p.m., and I departed. >=20 > THUS I SAW ABOUT 18 SWIFTS, BUT ONLY 2 WERE SEEN TO GO INTO CHIMNEY. > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca --Apple-Mail=_01B7D128-35A0-4979-9D14-7B56D47F6F5C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><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;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= /span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[ValleyNature] = Wolfville ch. swifts, a.m. & dusk, May = 12/15</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">May 13, 2015 at = 11:46:32 AM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>>, Wolfville Tourist Bureau <<a = href=3D"mailto:tourism@town.wolfville.ns.ca">tourism@town.wolfville.ns.ca<= /a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Ally Manthorne = <<a = href=3D"mailto:amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org">amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org</a>><br><= /span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" = content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>MAY 12, 2015</b> - = Dumb luck put my wife Pat Hawes in the right place at the right time =97 = at 11:10 a.m. she witnessed the<b> EXIT of 20+ CHIMNEY SWIFTS = </b>(uncounted) from the chimney of the Robie Tufts <b>Nature Centre in = Wolfville</b> =97 during the gradual exits, three swifts were seen to go = back into the chimney but may have re-exit a bit thereafter. Sky = was overcast, temperature about 17-18 C., not rainy. </div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">It=92s well known that the overnighting chimney swifts are quite = variable in what time of the next day they =93decide=94 to get active = and leave their roost-site. Most often they exit quite early in = the morning, but mid-morning exits are common, and they sometimes =93sleep= in=94 until noon or even 1:00 p.m., in my experience.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">At dusk I did a <b>vigil for chimney swifts</b> at <b>Wolfville=92s = Robie Tufts Nature Centre</b>. When I left home it was drizzling, = but there was no rain at RTNC on arrival at 8:10 p.m. Sky totally = overcast, but good visibility, wind very light, coolish at 16 = C.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;">An immature <b>bald eagle</b> flew by from north = to south (very late to be going to its roost), next a <b>blue jay</b> = flew northward, then occasional <b>starlings</b>.</div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">At 8:24 p.m. a loose flock of about <b>18 chimney swifts</b> flew = over the RTNC at high altitude. At 8:36 they re-appeared at = somewhat lower altitude. But they flew away and only occasionally = were noticeable to me as they flew about without showing any intention = of going to bed in the chimney. At 8:39 a single swift made a low = pass by the chimney. Then a cool light breeze from the west = started. The swifts stayed high in the air. </div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">Finally at 8:53 a single swift dove into the chimney. = Another dropped in at 8:58. Next a drizzle began, but it ended = after about a minute or two. But I never saw any more swifts go = into the chimney. </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: = 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">At 9:06 a <b>great blue = heron</b> flew by at low altitude, heading westward. Visibility = was extremely bad by 9:10 p.m., and I departed.</div><div style=3D"margin:= 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><b>THUS I = SAW ABOUT 18 SWIFTS, BUT ONLY 2 WERE SEEN TO GO INTO = CHIMNEY.</b></div></div>_______________________________________________<br= >Nature mailing list<br><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a><br>http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnat= uralists.ca<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_01B7D128-35A0-4979-9D14-7B56D47F6F5C--
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