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--Apple-Mail=_CF12F7EE-1438-4E87-9B64-FCF57142D1BE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: 150+ ch. swifts + 353 + 472 at Wolfville, Middleton, New = Glasgow June 4/15 > Date: June 5, 2015 at 1:08:49 AM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Ally Manthorne <amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org>, Jim Wolford = <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >=20 > JUNE 4, 2015 - Wolfville=92s Robie Tufts Nature Centre at dusk: after = beautiful sunny & warm day, evening also clear, calm, fairly warm at 17 = C. =97 observed from 8:47 (sunset 8:54) to 9:30 p.m. =97 2+1+5 swifts = flying low near chimney, then numbers built up gradually, and calmness = meant I could hear the chittering swifts all during their pre-roosting = flight =97 at 8:56, the first swift dropped into the chimney =97 by = 9:06, Venus became obvious fairly high in the west =97 later Jupiter = also appeared higher and in the west-southwest =97 no more swift entries = until 9:28 with the sky darkening, when most of the big flock dropped in = very quickly, mostly all together and difficult to count =97 estimated = conservative total was 150+ chimney swifts, but there might have been = substantially more =97 observers included Jim Wolford, Ena ?, and a few = other gawkers, at least two of which thought the swifts were bats, but = happily asked about them. >=20 > Also tonight Bonnie Johnson counted 353 swifts into the chimney of = Middleton Regional High School, and Ken McKenna with about 20 other = observers counted 472 swifts in New Glasgow at the former Temperance = Street School >=20 > On the two previous evenings, after rainy and cold days, in Wolfville = I made poor attempts at seeing any roosting swifts, but any present went = into the chimney in late afternoon or early evening and were not seen = nor counted. >=20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. >=20 --Apple-Mail=_CF12F7EE-1438-4E87-9B64-FCF57142D1BE 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>150+ ch. swifts + = 353 + 472 at Wolfville, Middleton, New Glasgow June = 4/15</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';">June 5, 2015 at = 1:08:49 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>><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>>, = Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</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>JUNE 4, 2015 - = Wolfville=92s Robie Tufts Nature Centre at dusk:</b> after beautiful = sunny & warm day, evening also clear, calm, fairly warm at 17 C. =97 = observed from 8:47 (sunset 8:54) to 9:30 p.m. =97 2+1+5 swifts flying = low near chimney, then numbers built up gradually, and calmness meant I = could hear the chittering swifts all during their pre-roosting flight =97 = at 8:56, the first swift dropped into the chimney =97 by 9:06, Venus = became obvious fairly high in the west =97 later Jupiter also appeared = higher and in the west-southwest =97 no more swift entries until 9:28 = with the sky darkening, when most of the big flock dropped in very = quickly, mostly all together and difficult to count =97 estimated = conservative total was <b>150+ chimney swifts</b>, but there might have = been substantially more =97 observers included Jim Wolford, Ena ?, and a = few other gawkers, at least two of which thought the swifts were bats, = but happily asked about them.</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">Also tonight Bonnie Johnson = counted 353 swifts into the chimney of Middleton Regional High School, = and Ken McKenna with about 20 other observers counted 472 swifts in New = Glasgow at the former Temperance Street School</div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;">On the two = previous evenings, after rainy and cold days, in Wolfville I made poor = attempts at seeing any roosting swifts, but any present went into the = chimney in late afternoon or early evening and were not seen nor = counted.</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body><= /html>= --Apple-Mail=_CF12F7EE-1438-4E87-9B64-FCF57142D1BE--
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