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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_021B_01C8D087.8C0AF5B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jim and all, Just got in from several days at Keji, and we saw Chimney Swifts at = various times in the park. I wonder where they would be roosting/nesting = there, if it would be a natural site, or otherwise.=20 this question has probably been on nature ns before, so I apologize if = so. will have some images from the trip in the next day or so on my blog. cheers, Gary Murray Bedford NS 902 832 1727 http://garyamurray.blogspot.com/ http://www.pbase.com/pgns/gmurray http://www.allcanadaphotos.com/index.cfm?/search_EN ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James W. Wolford=20 To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca ; Claire Diggins ; Heather Killen ; = Wolfville Tourist Bureau ; Ross & Linda Hall=20 Cc: George and Margaret Alliston ; Helen & Fred Archibald ; Peter = Austin-Smith ; john belbin ; Larry Bogan ; Murray Colbo ; Harold Forsyth = ; Arthur Harding and Marian Fulton ; Merritt Gibson ; Barb and Pat = Giffin ; Sheila Hulford ; Linda Lusby & Peter Smith ; Pat Martell ; Mike = McCall ; Bill and Bernice Naylor' ; Mick and Sally O'Neill ; Stan Riggs = ; Richard and Liz Stern ; Frances Stewart ; Martin Thomas ; Jean Timpa ; = Carol Tobin ; Gordon Tufts ; Judy Tufts ; Malcolm Uhlman ; Audrey = Wellwood ; Sherman Williams ; Jim Wolford ; Barry and Elizabeth Yoell=20 Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 9:48 PM Subject: [NatureNS] 12+ (14+?) Wolfville chimney swifts June 14/08 JUNE 14, 2008 - END OF HALIFAX FIELD NATURALISTS FIELD TRIP - at Robie = Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville at dusk: I met about eight members of = HFN at the chimney at about 8:35 p.m. -- they and I watched for CHIMNEY = SWIFTS from 8:30 to 9:10 p.m. (Sunset at 9:02) -- 12+ TOTAL CHIMNEY = SWIFTS counted as they entered the chimney from 8:52 to 9:05, and at = least 2 MORE SWIFTS were not seen to enter while we watched -- sky = mostly overcast, light wind, cool, 14 C. Present among the HFN group = were Regina Maass, and Ingrid & Burkhard Plache. I told everyone about the oodles of information to be had by Googling = ....chimneyswifts.org ...., where you will find the Web-site of the = Driftwood Wildlife Association in Austin, Texas, including all sorts of = info' and a book on how to build artificial towers for the nesting = and/or roosting of chimney swifts! etc. etc. I strongly encourage = surfing their site and considering community projects involving such = towers. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG.=20 Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1505 - Release Date: = 6/16/2008 7:20 AM ------=_NextPart_000_021B_01C8D087.8C0AF5B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Jim and all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just got in from several days at Keji, = and we saw=20 Chimney Swifts at various times in the park. I wonder where they would = be=20 roosting/nesting there, if it would be a natural site, or otherwise.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>this question has probably been on = nature ns=20 before, so I apologize if so.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>will have some images from the = trip in the=20 next day or so on my blog.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>cheers,</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Gary Murray<BR>Bedford NS<BR>902 832 1727<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://garyamurray.blogspot.com/">http://garyamurray.blogspot.com= /</A><BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/pgns/gmurray">http://www.pbase.com/pgns/gmur= ray</A><BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.allcanadaphotos.com/index.cfm?/search_EN">http://www.a= llcanadaphotos.com/index.cfm?/search_EN</A><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W.=20 Wolford</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3DNatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca</A> ; = <A=20 title=3Dclaire_diggins@hotmail.com=20 href=3D"mailto:claire_diggins@hotmail.com">Claire Diggins</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dhkillen@annapolisspectator.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:hkillen@annapolisspectator.ca">Heather Killen</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dtourism@town.wolfville.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:tourism@town.wolfville.ns.ca">Wolfville Tourist = Bureau</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dross.hall@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:ross.hall@ns.sympatico.ca">Ross=20 & Linda Hall</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A = title=3Dalliston@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:alliston@ns.sympatico.ca">George and Margaret = Alliston</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dhfarchibald@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:hfarchibald@ns.sympatico.ca">Helen & Fred = Archibald</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dpaustin@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:paustin@ns.sympatico.ca">Peter=20 Austin-Smith</A> ; <A title=3Djbelbin@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:jbelbin@ns.sympatico.ca">john belbin</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dlarry@bogan.ca href=3D"mailto:larry@bogan.ca">Larry Bogan</A> = ; <A=20 title=3Dcolbo@eastlink.ca href=3D"mailto:colbo@eastlink.ca">Murray = Colbo</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dharold.forsyth@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:harold.forsyth@ns.sympatico.ca">Harold Forsyth</A> ; <A = title=3Dfulton.harding@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:fulton.harding@ns.sympatico.ca">Arthur Harding and = Marian=20 Fulton</A> ; <A title=3DMerritt.Gibson@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:Merritt.Gibson@ns.sympatico.ca">Merritt Gibson</A> ; <A = title=3Dbarpat@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:barpat@ns.sympatico.ca">Barb and Pat=20 Giffin</A> ; <A title=3Dhulfords@eastlink.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:hulfords@eastlink.ca">Sheila Hulford</A> ; <A=20 title=3DLinda.lusby@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:Linda.lusby@ns.sympatico.ca">Linda Lusby & Peter = Smith</A> ;=20 <A title=3Dpmartell@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:pmartell@ns.sympatico.ca">Pat=20 Martell</A> ; <A title=3Dmikemccall@xcountry.tv=20 href=3D"mailto:mikemccall@xcountry.tv">Mike McCall</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dbbnaylor@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:bbnaylor@ns.sympatico.ca">Bill and=20 Bernice Naylor'</A> ; <A title=3Dmickandsally@xcountry.tv=20 href=3D"mailto:mickandsally@xcountry.tv">Mick and Sally O'Neill</A> ; = <A=20 title=3Dstanriggs@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:stanriggs@eastlink.ca">Stan Riggs</A>=20 ; <A title=3Drbstern@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca">Richard and Liz Stern</A> ; <A = title=3DFranceslordstewart@hotmail.com=20 href=3D"mailto:Franceslordstewart@hotmail.com">Frances Stewart</A> ; = <A=20 title=3Dharthomas@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:harthomas@ns.sympatico.ca">Martin=20 Thomas</A> ; <A title=3Djtimpa@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:jtimpa@ns.sympatico.ca">Jean Timpa</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dctobin@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:ctobin@ns.sympatico.ca">Carol=20 Tobin</A> ; <A title=3Dpiranga@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:piranga@ns.sympatico.ca">Gordon Tufts</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dtandove@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:tandove@ns.sympatico.ca">Judy=20 Tufts</A> ; <A title=3Dmuhlman@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:muhlman@ns.sympatico.ca">Malcolm Uhlman</A> ; <A=20 title=3Daudwel@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:audwel@ns.sympatico.ca">Audrey=20 Wellwood</A> ; <A title=3Dsherm@glinx.com = href=3D"mailto:sherm@glinx.com">Sherman=20 Williams</A> ; <A title=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">Jim Wolford</A> ; <A=20 title=3Db.e.yoell@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:b.e.yoell@ns.sympatico.ca">Barry=20 and Elizabeth Yoell</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 14, 2008 = 9:48=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] 12+ (14+?) = Wolfville=20 chimney swifts June 14/08</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = face=3DHelvetica=20 size=3D3><B>JUNE 14, 2008 - END OF HALIFAX FIELD NATURALISTS FIELD = TRIP </B>- at=20 Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville at dusk: I met about eight = members of=20 HFN at the chimney at about 8:35 p.m. -- they and I watched for = CHIMNEY SWIFTS=20 from 8:30 to 9:10 p.m. (Sunset at 9:02) -- 12+ TOTAL CHIMNEY SWIFTS = counted as=20 they entered the chimney from 8:52 to 9:05, and at least 2 MORE SWIFTS = were=20 not seen to enter while we watched -- sky mostly overcast, light wind, = cool,=20 14 C. Present among the HFN group were Regina Maass, and Ingrid = &=20 Burkhard Plache.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">I told everyone about the oodles of = information to be=20 had by Googling ....chimneyswifts.org ...., where you will find the = Web-site=20 of the Driftwood Wildlife Association in Austin, Texas, including all = sorts of=20 info' and a book on how to build artificial towers for the nesting = and/or=20 roosting of chimney swifts! etc. etc. I strongly encourage = surfing their=20 site and considering community projects involving such towers.</DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P><BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG. = <BR>Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1505 - Release Date: = 6/16/2008=20 7:20 AM<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_021B_01C8D087.8C0AF5B0--
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