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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01CAF9FC.C23E2D50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This was the first evening I have had an opportunity to check out the = old farmhouse at Sangster Bridge, Upper Falmouth. It has been hosting = chimney swifts for many years. When I first arrived I was a little worried, the very large chimney now = sports evidence of 2 chimney liner/inserts that were not there last = year. However, at 8.35 8 swifts were circling high over head and showing = lots of interest. I know the chimney has multiple flues and the owner is = very interested in the birds, so I assume she has left their private = roost intact. Conditions were very high overcast cloud, 15 C and wind of 10 km SW The resident SORA was calling loudly from the nearby pond and got louder = as the evening progressed. Breeding Grackles and Red Winged Blackbirds = - lots of frogs - a couple of small ducks seen only in silhouette and = calling Canada Geese from the fields nearby. Several Humming Birds = zooming about. Tree Swallows present also. At 8:50 the time I expected action to begin 15 Swifts were still = circling high overhead. Local pheasants were calling loudly. A single swift entered the chimney at 8:52 and another at 9:00 pm. The = cloud of swifts was growing rapidly.=20 9:04 the entry began in small groups and was almost continuous until = 9:15 by which time a total of 108 birds had dropped into this domestic = chimney. By the time I left the frogs were truly deafening - there must be quite = a population in that small pond. The geese flew over as I left. John Belbin, Hantsport ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01CAF9FC.C23E2D50 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 8.00.6001.18904"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>This was the first evening I have had = an=20 opportunity to check out the old farmhouse at Sangster Bridge, Upper = Falmouth.=20 It has been hosting chimney swifts for many years.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>When I first arrived I was a little = worried, the=20 very large chimney now sports evidence of 2 chimney liner/inserts that = were not=20 there last year. However, at 8.35 8 swifts were circling high over head = and=20 showing lots of interest. I know the chimney has multiple flues and the = owner is=20 very interested in the birds, so I assume she has left their private = roost=20 intact.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Conditions were very high overcast = cloud, 15 C and=20 wind of 10 km SW</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The resident SORA was calling loudly = from the=20 nearby pond and got louder as the evening progressed. Breeding = Grackles=20 and Red Winged Blackbirds - lots of frogs - a couple of small ducks seen = only in=20 silhouette and calling Canada Geese from the fields nearby. Several = Humming=20 Birds zooming about.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> Tree Swallows present = also.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At 8:50 the time I expected action to = begin 15=20 Swifts were still circling high overhead. Local pheasants were calling=20 loudly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A single swift entered the chimney at = 8:52 and=20 another at 9:00 pm. The cloud of swifts was growing rapidly. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>9:04 the entry began in small groups = and was almost=20 continuous until 9:15 by which time a total of 108 birds had dropped = into this=20 domestic chimney.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>By the time I left the frogs were truly = deafening -=20 there must be quite a population in that small pond. The geese flew over = as I=20 left.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>John Belbin, = Hantsport</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01CAF9FC.C23E2D50--
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