(No Subject)

next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects


Survey completed at 21:08.   Total  116 swifts + or - 15 %

Between 20:59 and 21:06 two adult bald eagles flew past within 150 m of =
the swifts without interfering with them.

Pete Hope
------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C9D672.DB2B3EB0
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 6.00.6000.16825" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><STRONG>Saturday Night May 16/09 - Count of =
Chimney Swifts=20
at McGowan Lake, Queens Co</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Sky was completely overcast, warm with a bit of =
a light=20
breeze</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I&nbsp;arrived at 20:25 and within a few minutes =
I noted=20
over a dozen swifts flying overhead</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>By 20:50 the swifts were spiraling around 100 m =
+ over the=20
chimney in the old backsmith shop</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>At 20:55&nbsp; the swifts began dipping close to =
the=20
chimney and then 2 went in</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>20:55 - within a minute of the first swifts =
entering the=20
chimney 100 went in </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>From 20:57 to 21:04 14 swifts entered the=20
chimney</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Survey completed at 21:08.&nbsp;&nbsp; =
Total&nbsp; 116=20
swifts + or - 15 %</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Between 20:59 and 21:06 two adult bald eagles =
flew past=20
within 150 m of the swifts without interfering with them.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Pete Hope</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C9D672.DB2B3EB0--

next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects