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Is there any work being done with building nesting "chimneys" for the
swifts? It is something I'd be interested in investigating; perhaps helping
with. -Noel
-----Original Message-----
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of James W. Wolford
Sent: July 1, 2009 11:55 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca; Claire Diggins; Heather Killen; Wolfville
Tourist Bureau; Wendy Elliott; Jim Wolford; Ross & Linda Hall; Julie Paquet;
Gini Proulx; Peter Hope; Dorothy Poole; Karen [Dartmouth] Potter
Subject: [NatureNS] 100++?? Middleton chimney swifts June 29/09 + summary to
date
THANKS, CLAIRE! from Jim et al. What a crazy "show" -- In all my years of
"experience", I can't think of anything similar that I have witnessed! You
didn't hear or see any reason for their mass departure?
Begin forwarded message:
From: Claire Diggins <claire_diggins@hotmail.com>
Date: June 29, 2009 10:03:24 PM ADT
To: jim wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Subject: swifts
Hi Jim,
I have been off-line while having painting and flooring done but am back on.
Tonight I went to count swifts. I arrived at 8:30 but the swifts began
drifting in at 9:00. I counted 47 birds entering and you can imagine my
shock when, at 9:24 they all began coming out again! They flew around for
about five minutes and then began entering again in the old pattern of the
vacume cleaner... this time I counted over 100. I am still confused but do
know not to add the first number to the last as the same birds must have
entered twice. Crazy! light wind, clear sky, temp 20* C Claire
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2009 CHIMNEY SWIFTS SUMMARY
May 4/09 -- 0 -- Wolfville, Robie Tufts Nature Centre -- Jim Wolford, Harold
Forsyth
May 9/09 -- 12 -- Wolfville, Robie Tufts Nature Centre -- Jim Wolford, Carol
Carpenter, Sean Timpa, Jean Timpa
May 11/09 -- 20 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
May 11/09 -- 75 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
May 12/09 -- 81 -- Middleton Regional High School -- Claire Diggins
May 13/09 -- 13 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
May 14/09 -- 44 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
May 14/09 -- 170 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
May 15/09 -- 287 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
May 15/09 -- 40 -- Upper Falmouth (old farmhouse) -- Cheryl Rutledge
May 15/09 -- 17 -- Bible Hill, N.S. Agric. Coll. -- Linda & Ross Hall
May 16/09 -- 116 -- McGowan Lake, old blacksmith shop chimney -- Peter Hope
May 16/09 -- 0 -- Bible Hill, NSAC -- Linda & Ross Hall
May 17/09 -- 48 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
May 19/09 -- 53+ -- Wolfville -- Gisela Westphalen, Jim Wolford
May 19/09 -- 424 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna, Rick Ferguson
May 19/09 -- 121 -- Middleton -- Claire Diggins, Helen Rodgers
May 19/09 -- 95 -- old farmhouse chimney with 6 flues, Upper Falmouth, north
of Sangster Bridge -- Cheryl Rutledge & John Belbin
May 19/09 -- 20 -- Oxford (free-standing ex-foundry big chimney) -- Julie
Paquet
May 20/09 -- 207 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
May 20/09 -- 45+ -- Wolfville -- Elizabeth Doull & Ann Doull
May 20/09 -- 0 -- Bible Hill/Truro, 3 sites other than NSAC -- Linda & Ross
Hall
May 21/09 -- 24 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford et al.
May 22/09 -- 20 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
May 23/09 -- 24 -- Wolfville -- ???
May 24/09 -- 61 -- Wolfville -- Jacquie Roche, Chris Toplack, Jim Wolford
May 24/09 -- 314 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
May 25/09 -- 367 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
May 26/09 -- 282 -- Middleton -- Claire Diggins, Helen Rodgers
May 26/09 -- 90 -- Wolfville -- Judy Tufts, Jim Wolford, et al.
May 26/09 -- 45 -- Upper Falmouth -- John Belbin
May 27/09 -- 0 -- Bible Hill, NSAC -- Linda & Ross Hall
May 28/09 -- 228 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
May 28/09 - 96 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford, Brian Starzomski, Amy ?, Wendy
Elliott, Steve Slipp, et al.
May 29/09 -- 100+ -- Wolfville -- Gisela Westphalen
May 30/09 -- 171 -- McGowan Lake, Queen's Co. -- Megan Crowley, Brad Toms
May 31/09 -- 140 +or- 20 -- McGowan Lake -- Peter Hope
May 31/09 -- 48 -- Wolfville -- Gisela Westphalen
June 1/09 -- 317 -- Middleton -- Claire Diggins
June 1/09 -- 52 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
June 2/09 -- 170 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
June 2/09 -- 28 -- Wolfville -- WG ??
June 3/09 -- 40 -- Wolfville -- JW,HF,NN,GW, and A.L.L. group
June 3/09 -- 2 -- Bear River, Oakdene Centre -- Rebecca Ellis
June 4/09 -- 157 -- McGowan Lake -- Randy Lauff, Lindsey Beals
June 4/09 -- 77 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
June 5/09 -- 36 -- Wolfville -- Wendy Elliott, Steve Slipp, Jim Wolford, et
al.
June 7/09 -- 45 -- Wolfville -- visitor from California et al.
June 8/09 -- 54 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford, Gisela Westphalen, Yvette &
David Silverberg, et al.
June 9/09 -- 44 -- Wolfville -- GF,HF (visitors)
June 10/09 -- 29 (+?) -- Middleton -- Claire Diggins, Heather Killen
June 11/09 -- 74 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford, Del & Mac MacInnes
June 13/09 -- 129 -- Middleton -- Claire Diggins, Paula & Tom Ross
June 13/09 -- 39+ -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford + 20 naturalists from NSNT &
FNSN/NNS
June 13/09 -- 20-25+? -- big St. Bernard church -- Pat Potter (fide Karen
Potter)
June 16/09 -- 26 -- Wolfville -- Gisela Westphalen, Jim Wolford
June 17/09 -- 54 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
June 17/09 -- 12 -- Wolfville -- Lauren Park
June 18/09 -- 12 -- Wolfville -- Lauren Park
June 19/09 -- 19 -- Wolfville -- Esther & Graham Post, Lauren Park, Jim
Wolford
June 20/09 -- 18 -- Wolfville -- Lauren Park
June 21/09 -- 3 -- Wolfville -- Lauren Park + Nathan ? + Megan Thibeault
June 22/09 -- 5+? -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
June 24/09 -- 26 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
June 24/09 -- 19+ -- Wolfville -- Lauren Park, Megan Thibeault, Jacob ?, Jim
Wolford
June 25/09 -- 14 -- Wolfville -- Lauren Park, Megan Thibeault, Ally Wade
June 26/09 -- 13 -- Wolfville -- Hope Gillis & Tony Napoli
June 27/09 -- 17 -- Wolfville -- Sylvia & Trevor (from U.K.)
June 29/09 -- 100++?? -- Middleton -- Claire Diggins
June 29/09 -- 14 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
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