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A rapid swift note: Middleton=2C usual place=2C 31 May - I had 237 enter=
ing the chimney between 20:46 and 21:11. Overcast with showers just before=
observations. Most (191) entered between 20:46 and 20:50=2C but 37 were l=
ate ones=2C entering between 21:05 and 21:11. Lights came on at 21:13=2C a=
nd I left shortly after.
By the way=2C Jim=2C did you miss my note about the May 20 Kentville one=
s=2C or did those poor swifts get short shrift because they didn't enter a =
chimney?
Cheers=2C
=20
Wayne P. Neily
=20
Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia
=20
"Go forth=2C under the open sky=2C and list=20
To Nature's teachings." - William Cullen Bryant=2C 1817 [Thanatopsis].=20
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To: Karen.Potter@EC.GC.CA=3B jimwolford@eastlink.ca=3B claire_diggins@hotma=
il.com=3B WELLIOTT@KENTVILLEADVERTISER.CA=3B hkillen@annapolisspectator.ca=
=3B ross.hall@ns.sympatico.ca=3B gproulx@eastlink.ca=3B Julie.Paquet@ec.gc.=
ca=3B peterhope@ns.sympatico.ca=3B wynne.rutledge@ns.sympatico.ca=3B jbelbi=
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From: jimwolford@eastlink.ca
Subject: 110 Middleton chimney swifts + 2010 summary
Date: Sat=2C 29 May 2010 20:24:01 -0300
THANKS=2C CLAIRE! from Jim et al. Don's use any address for me that is not=
<jimwolford@eastlink.ca>. Sorry that you had trouble=2C but keep counting=
them! Much appreciated!
Begin forwarded message:
From: Claire Diggins <claire_diggins@hotmail.com>
Date: May 29=2C 2010 9:09:30 AM ADT
To: jim wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Subject: RE: 300 chimney swifts at Upper Falmouth farmhouse + 2010 summary
Hi Jim=2C
I wrote this message up 4 times and each time it bounced back. Here I go a=
gain!
Tuesday May 25th I watched the swifts enter the chimney at the Middleton H=
igh School.=20
Temp 19.5*C Windy 75% cloud after a brief rain shower
Swifts began entering at 9:00. Stopped at 9:12 I counted 110 . I left at 9=
:15.
Claire
2010 CHIMNEY SWIFTS SUMMARY
May 1/10 - 0 - Robie Tufts Nature Centre (RTNC)=2C Wolfville - =
Jim Wolford
May 4/10 - 5+ - RTNC=2C Wolfville - Harold=
Forsyth=2C Jim Wolford
May 4/10 - some heard (guess perhaps 25??) - Middleton - Claire D=
iggins
May 5/10 - 44 - New Glasgow=2C Temperance St. School - Ken=
McKenna
May 6/10 - 115 - Middleton Reg. High School - =
Wayne Neily
May 8/10 - 100+ - New Glasgow=2C Temperance St. School - Elizabet=
h Doull
May 8/10 - 5 - seen along Butler Rd.=2C sw. of Kentville - =
Rick Whitman
May 9/10 - 50+ - Wolfville=2C RTNC - J=
ean & Stephanie Timpa
May 13/10 - 50+ - Wolfville=2C RTNC - Wendy=
Elliott=2C Jim Wolford
May 17/10 - 52 - Wolfville=2C RTNC - =
Brenda & Bill Thexton
May 17/10 - 386 - New Glasgow=2C Temperance St. School - Ken Mc=
Kenna
May 18/10 - perhaps only half of 386 (not counted)+ puff of smoke!? -=20
New Glasgow - Ken McKenna et al.
May 18/10 - zero - Wolfville=2C University Hall - =
Jim Wolford
May 20/10 - 65+ - Wolfville=2C RTNC - Pat Hawes=2C=
Jim Wolford=2C et al.
May 20/10 - 139 - McGowan Lake=2C Queen's County - Brad T=
oms et al.
May 21/10 - 44 - Wolfville=2C RTNC - Hendrick Reers=2C Sarah McGuire=2C Mar=
y-Claire Sanderson
May 21/10 - zero - N.S. Agric. College=2C Bible Hill - =
Linda & Ross Hall
May 22/10 - 108 - Upper Falmouth farmhouse - John Belbin=2C Cheryl Rutle=
dge
May 22/10 - 65+ - Wolfville=2C RTNC - =
Gisela Westphalen
May 23/10 - 40+ - Wolfville=2C RTNC - ? & Ralph Wint=
er=2C Jim Wolford
May 23/10 - 46 - St. Bernard big church=2C Digby Co. - =
Karen Potter
May 24/10 - 7 swifts seen in Bear River (driving through) - K=
aren Potter
May 24/10 - 21 - Wolfville=2C RTNC - Lauren Park=2C Megan Thibeault=2C Tony=
Napoli
May 24/10 - 18 - Upper Falmouth farmhouse - Ch=
eryl Rutledge
May 25/10 - 110 - Middleton Regional High School - Cla=
ire Diggins
May 25/10 - 45+ - Wolfville=2C RTNC - =
Jim Wolford
May 26/10 - 160+ - Upper Falmouth farmhouse - Cher=
yl Rutledge
May 27/10 - 300 (very approx.) - Upper Falmouth farmhouse - Cheryl Rutledg=
e
May 27/10 - 66+ - Wolfville=2C RTNC - Lauren Park=2C Sarah McGuire=2C Mary-=
Claire Sanderson=2C Jim Wolford
Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
=20
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 =3B =3B A rapid swift note: Middleton=2C usual place=2C 31 May - I=
had 237 entering the =3Bchimney =3Bbetween 20:46 and 21:11. =
=3B Overcast with showers just before observations. =3B Most (191) =
=3Bentered between 20:46 and 20:50=2C but =3B37 were late ones=2C enter=
ing between 21:05 and 21:11. =3B Lights came on at 21:13=2C and I left =
shortly after.<BR><BR>
 =3B =3B By the way=2C Jim=2C did you =3Bmiss my note about the=
May 20 Kentville ones=2C or did those poor swifts get short shrift because=
they didn't enter a chimney?<BR><BR>
Cheers=2C<BR>
 =3B<BR>
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y<BR> =3B<BR>Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotia<BR> =3B<BR>"Go for=
th=2C under the open sky=2C and list <BR>To Nature's teachings." - William =
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il.com=3B WELLIOTT@KENTVILLEADVERTISER.CA=3B hkillen@annapolisspectator.ca=
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