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--Boundary_(ID_C0LbA49Xcrq4FNHOkEfmeg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Yes, indeed, negative data are always worth recording and documenting, despite the anxiety it produces in us hoping for some sign of an upward trend after Hurricane Wilma in late fall of 2005, which may have exacerbated the decline in North America and especially Canada over the past 40 years. Check out the two-page article in the latest and current issue of Bird Studies Canada's news magazine, which states that Canada's Chimney Swifts have been declining at the severe rate of 8+ % per year! for 4 decades and that their numbers represent only about 4% of their former abundance! So thanks, Linda and Ross, for your continuing efforts in monitoring. Jim in Wolfville --------------------------- Begin forwarded message: > From: Ross & Linda Hall <ross.hall@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: May 28, 2009 9:36:38 AM ADT > To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Truro Chimney Swifts > > Jim > I guess negative results are worth recording. > > Linda & I checked the Agricultural College May 16 and 27. There > were no swifts. Reported earlier there were 17 swifts on May 14. > May 20 we watched the large chimney at the Colchester Hospital, > also checked the old YMCA chimney and one at the Stanfields factory > but saw no swift use. > One sees the occasional swift flying about. > > Good to hear that other areas are having good swift numbers or the > Truro results alone would be very disturbing. > It is strange that the the NSAC chimney has such low or no numbers > compared to several years ago. > > Regards > Ross --Boundary_(ID_C0LbA49Xcrq4FNHOkEfmeg) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Yes, indeed, negative data are always worth recording and documenting, = despite the anxiety it produces in us hoping for some sign of an upward = trend after Hurricane Wilma in late fall of 2005, which may have = exacerbated the decline in North America and especially Canada over the = past 40 years. =A0Check out the two-page article in the latest and = current issue of Bird Studies Canada's news magazine, which states that = Canada's Chimney Swifts have been declining at the severe rate of 8+ % = per year! for 4 decades and that their numbers represent only about 4% = of their former abundance!<div><br></div><div>So thanks, Linda and Ross, = for your continuing efforts in monitoring.</div><div><br></div><div>Jim = in = Wolfville</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------= ---<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Ross & Linda Hall <<a = href=3D"mailto:ross.hall@ns.sympatico.ca">ross.hall@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></= font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 28, 2009 9:36:38 AM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></font><= /div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Truro Chimney = Swifts</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div>Jim</div><div>I guess = negative results are worth recording.</div><div>=A0</div><div>Linda=A0&= ; I checked the Agricultural College May 16 and 27.=A0 There were no = swifts.=A0 Reported earlier there were 17 swifts on May = 14.</div><div>May 20 we watched the large chimney at the Colchester = Hospital, also checked the old YMCA chimney and one at the Stanfields = factory but saw no swift use.</div><div>One sees the occasional swift = flying about.</div><div>=A0</div><div>Good to hear that other areas are = having good swift numbers or the Truro results alone would be very = disturbing.</div><div>It is strange that the the NSAC chimney has such = low or no numbers compared to several years = ago.</div><div>=A0</div><div>Regards</div><div>Ross</div></span></blockquo= te></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_C0LbA49Xcrq4FNHOkEfmeg)--
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