[NatureNS] chimney swifts vigils, 2020 40 & 30 on May 18-19/20

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I had a sigle swift this afternoon over the pond before the aboiteau on the=
 Halfway River. Will be entering into the Swiftwatch database later this ev=
ening.

Pat


On May 20, 2020, at 2:27 PM, Jim Wolford wrote:

CAUTION: The Sender of this email is not from within Dalhousie.

VIGILS FOR CHIMNEY SWIFTS IN 2020:

MAY 11/20 (cont.) =97 evening mostly clear and calm =97 I drove to Wolfvill=
e=92s Robie Tufts Nature Centre (RTNC), to look for chimney swifts, arrivin=
g there at 8:45 p.m. =97 Harold Forsyth had looked since 8:15 or so but had=
 seen none =97 I mentioned that one of us should be at the other chimney, o=
n the southwest corner of University Hall on the Acadia campus, so Harold t=
ried that.  I stayed at RTNC until 9:06 but saw no swifts.  I did see a few=
 flying midges for swifts=92 food.

MAY 16/20 =97 evening at RTNC, viewed by Tony Napoli =97 no swifts seen.
MAY 17/20 =97 same as above, again Tony Napoli =97 no swifts seen.

MAY 18/20 =97 evening at RTNC, viewed by Harold Forsyth =97 Harold saw a gr=
oup of about 40 swifts pass by the chimney area several times at about 9:00=
 p.m.

MAY 19/20 =97 Harold Forsyth joined me at UNIVERSITY HALL=92S SW. CHIMNEY (=
Acadia Univ.) =97 I arrived at 8:33 pm (sunset was 8:40), and I immediately=
 saw a flock of about 20 swifts coming and going at the area of the sw. chi=
mney =97 Harold saw the swifts dropping into the chimney more clearly than =
myself, but we agreed that at least 30 swifts entered between 8:50 and 9:00=
 p.m. =97 I departed at 9:08.

THANKS to Tony & Harold, and Cheers from Jim in Wolfville


Patrick Kelly

159 Town Road

Falmouth NS  B0P 1L0

Canada


(902) 472-2322


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I had a sigle swift this afternoon over the pond before the aboiteau on the=
 Halfway River. Will be entering into the Swiftwatch database later this ev=
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<div>On May 20, 2020, at 2:27 PM, Jim Wolford wrote:</div>
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VIGILS FOR CHIMNEY SWIFTS IN 2020:<br>
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MAY 11/20 (cont.) =97 evening mostly clear and calm =97 I drove to Wolfvill=
e=92s Robie Tufts Nature Centre (RTNC), to look for chimney swifts, arrivin=
g there at 8:45 p.m. =97 Harold Forsyth had looked since 8:15 or so but had=
 seen none =97 I mentioned that one of us
 should be at the other chimney, on the southwest corner of University Hall=
 on the Acadia campus, so Harold tried that. &nbsp;I stayed at RTNC until 9=
:06 but saw no swifts. &nbsp;I did see a few flying midges for swifts=92 fo=
od.<br>
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MAY 16/20 =97 evening at RTNC, viewed by Tony Napoli =97 no swifts seen.<br=
>
MAY 17/20 =97 same as above, again Tony Napoli =97 no swifts seen.<br>
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MAY 18/20 =97 evening at RTNC, viewed by Harold Forsyth =97 Harold saw a gr=
oup of about 40 swifts pass by the chimney area several times at about 9:00=
 p.m.<br>
<br>
MAY 19/20 =97 Harold Forsyth joined me at UNIVERSITY HALL=92S SW. CHIMNEY (=
Acadia Univ.) =97 I arrived at 8:33 pm (sunset was 8:40), and I immediately=
 saw a flock of about 20 swifts coming and going at the area of the sw. chi=
mney =97 Harold saw the swifts dropping
 into the chimney more clearly than myself, but we agreed that at least 30 =
swifts entered between 8:50 and 9:00 p.m. =97 I departed at 9:08.<br>
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THANKS to Tony &amp; Harold, and Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<br>
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