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I decided to celebrate the first really warm day of the year by checking out the Middleton High School chimney for Chimney Swifts. There are still very few insects about so I was not too hopeful, but they are making a beginning. I arrived at 8:20 and stayed until 9:00pm when it was really getting too dark to see. The automated parking lot lights came on at 8:50, that usually ends the session. The first swift arrived silently at 8:38 and simply dived straight into the chimney. After that I saw a maximum of 5 swifts at a time, usually only one or two. They are very difficult to see at this time, there is no noise to alert you, no social interaction and no circling close to the chimney. I actually only saw one other enter the chimney to roost, but you could easily miss them if you look away or even blink at the wrong moment. So the known minimums are 6 seen at the chimney, 2 seen to roost. At least it is a start. John Belbin - Kingston
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