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--Boundary_(ID_HcEcMQQwzVU/rh7yRVKZFQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT MAY 17, 2010 - At dusk at Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville, Brenda & Bill Thexton counted 52 chimney swifts going into the chimney on a lovely evening. BUT earlier that evening, just before 7:30 p.m., George E. Forsyth heard and then saw at least 3 chimney swifts not far from the southwest chimney on University Hall of Acadia University (which was heavily used by roosting swifts through the 1970s and 1980s). Thus we need to check out that old site for the swifts to see if there is any roosting activity going on these days/dusks. At the Blomidon Naturalists Society meeting tonight, I mentioned that we badly need volunteers to do observations at dusk, at both the RTNC and Univ. Hall in Wolfville and other places for swifts, and please write down what you see at the RTNC or phone me (542-9204) or e-mail -- I "guesstimate" the numbers as they go into the chimneys by 10s, since they often "pour in" so quickly that a one-by-one count is impossible. AND at the Temperance St. School in New Glasgow, Ken McKenna had a great evening and "counted" 386 chimney swifts going into the chimney there at dusk. 2010 CHIMNEY SWIFTS SUMMARY May 1/10 - 0 - Robie Tufts Nature Centre (RTNC), Wolfville - Jim Wolford May 4/10 - 5+ - RTNC, Wolfville - Harold Forsyth, Jim Wolford May 4/10 - some heard (guess perhaps 25??) - Middleton - Claire Diggins May 5/10 - 44 - New Glasgow, Temperance St. School - Ken McKenna May 6/10 - 115 - Middleton Reg. High School - Wayne Neily May 8/10 - 100+ - New Glasgow, Temperance St. School - Elizabeth Doull May 8/10 - 5 - seen along Butler Rd., sw. of Kentville - Rick Whitman May 9/10 - 50+ - Wolfville, RTNC - Jean & Stephanie Timpa May 13/10 - 50+ - Wolfville, RTNC - Wendy Elliott, Jim Wolford May 17/10 - 52 - Wolfville, RTNC - Brenda & Bill Thexton May 17/10 - 386 - New Glasgow, Temperance St. School - Ken McKenna Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204 --Boundary_(ID_HcEcMQQwzVU/rh7yRVKZFQ) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal Verdana; "><b>MAY 17, 2010</b> - At dusk = at <b>Robie Tufts Nature Centre</b> in Wolfville, Brenda & = Bill Thexton counted <b>52 chimney swifts</b> going into the = chimney on a lovely evening. <b>BUT</b> earlier that = evening, just before 7:30 p.m., George E. Forsyth heard and then saw at = least 3 <b>chimney swifts</b> not far from the southwest = chimney on <b>University Hall</b> of Acadia University (which = was heavily used by roosting swifts through the 1970s and = 1980s). Thus we need to check out that old site for the = swifts to see if there is any roosting activity going on these = days/dusks.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal Verdana; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 13px/normal Verdana; ">At the Blomidon Naturalists = Society meeting tonight, I mentioned that <b>we badly need = volunteers to do observations at dusk</b>, at both the RTNC and Univ. = Hall in Wolfville and other places for swifts, <b>and please write = down what you see</b> at the RTNC or phone me (542-9204) or e-mail = -- I "guesstimate" the numbers as they go into the chimneys by 10s, = since they often "pour in" so quickly that a one-by-one count is = impossible.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 13px/normal Verdana; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 13px/normal Verdana; "><b>AND</b> at = the <b>Temperance St. School in New Glasgow</b>, Ken McKenna had a = great evening and "counted" <b>386 chimney swifts</b> going = into the chimney there at dusk.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13px; = "><br></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13px; "><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = "><b>2010 CHIMNEY SWIFTS SUMMARY</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 1/10 - 0 - Robie Tufts Nature Centre = (RTNC), Wolfville - = Jim Wolford</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 4/10 - 5+ - RTNC, Wolfville - = = Harold Forsyth, Jim = Wolford</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = ">May 4/10 - some heard (guess perhaps 25??) - Middleton - = Claire Diggins</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 5/10 - 44 - New = Glasgow, Temperance St. School - = Ken McKenna</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 6/10 - 115 - Middleton = Reg. High School - = = Wayne Neily</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 8/10 - 100+ - New Glasgow, Temperance St. = School - Elizabeth = Doull</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = ">May 8/10 - 5 - seen along Butler Rd., sw. of Kentville - = Rick = Whitman</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = ">May 9/10 - 50+ - Wolfville, RTNC - = = Jean & Stephanie = Timpa</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = ">May 13/10 - 50+ - Wolfville, RTNC - = = Wendy Elliott, Jim Wolford</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 17/10 - 52 - = Wolfville, RTNC - = = Brenda & Bill = Thexton</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = ">May 17/10 - 386 - New Glasgow, Temperance St. School - = Ken McKenna</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = "><br></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">Cheers from Jim = in Wolfville, 542-9204</span></font></div><div><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px;"><br></span></font></div></span></font></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_HcEcMQQwzVU/rh7yRVKZFQ)--
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