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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0078_01C9DEA2.74F4D380 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I checked out the farmhouse owned by Cheryl Rutledge at Sangster Bridge = again last night 26 May. There was a stiff cold wind, sunset was given = as 8:52 pm. I arrived at 8:23 and getting out of the car was buzzed by a Humming = Bird - I found that Cheryl has 4 feeders in a small area and 8 of the = mobile missiles were very busy. The Sora was calling from the pond but = fell silent went I set up my scope to look at it. 8:30 - 10 swifts circling high. Red Wing Blackbirds and Grackles = calling, several Bobolinks singing in the nearby fields. One Bobolink = posed on the top of a small bush but it was already too dark for good = photos. 2 Grackles were clearly gathering food for a nearby nest. = Savannah Sparrows.=20 8:45 - 20 swifts getting noisy and close. 8:50 - 2 Swifts enter. A catbird is making a lot of noise nearby 8:55 - 34 swifts enter in groups 9:00 The last 2 swifts of the original group go in. 9:04 A group of 7 Swifts who must have been doing the night-club circuit = arrive and enter. John Belbin - Hantsport ------=_NextPart_000_0078_01C9DEA2.74F4D380 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 content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18702"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I checked out the farmhouse owned by = Cheryl=20 Rutledge at Sangster Bridge again last night 26 May. There was a stiff = cold=20 wind, sunset was given as 8:52 pm.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I arrived at 8:23 and getting out of = the car was=20 buzzed by a Humming Bird - I found that Cheryl has 4 feeders in a = small=20 area and 8 of the mobile missiles were very busy. The Sora was calling = from the=20 pond but fell silent went I set up my scope to look at it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>8:30 - 10 swifts circling high. Red = Wing Blackbirds=20 and Grackles calling, several Bobolinks singing in the nearby fields. = One=20 Bobolink posed on the top of a small bush but it was already too dark = for good=20 photos. 2 Grackles were clearly gathering food for a nearby nest. = Savannah=20 Sparrows. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>8:45 - 20 swifts getting noisy and=20 close.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>8:50 - 2 Swifts enter. A catbird is = making a lot of=20 noise nearby</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>8:55 - 34 swifts enter in = groups</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>9:00 The last 2 swifts of the original = group go=20 in.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>9:04 A group of 7 Swifts who must have = been doing=20 the night-club circuit arrive and enter.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>John Belbin - = Hantsport</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0078_01C9DEA2.74F4D380--
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