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Index of Subjects Enjoyed counting the Chimney Swifts with Claire Diggins in Middleton on Monday evening. There were a lot- I think it was 240 altogether. Just when we'd think it was over, another group would arrive, circle around and fly in. Cheers, Joan James W. Wolford wrote: > MAY 20, 2008 - Harold Forsyth and I checked out the CHIMNEY SWIFTS at > dusk at Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature Centre, observing there from > 8:30 to 9:05 p.m. (Sunset time 8:41). Again the swifts flew about for > a long time before the substantial flock of 80 SWIFTS all went in at > 9:00. Then a single laggard swift entered the chimney by itself at > 9:03 after some very erratic manoeuvers in the air. Thus we had a > seemingly accurate TOTAL OF 81 SWIFTS. If memory serves, and since we > are early in the migration period, this number bodes well for having > substantially more swifts this year than our best totals for one night > of about 80 for the past two seasons (and Hurricane Wilma of late > autumn of 2005 gets the blame. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.0/1460 - Release Date: 5/22/2008 7:06 AM >
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