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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01CB2859.43A861A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I checked out the farmhouse of Cheryl Rutledge this evening. Conditions = were 23C with no wind and 95 % cloud cover. Extremely humid, lots of = bugs. I showed up at 20:15, sunset forecast for 20:59. =20 2 Tree Swallows were flitting about. As there were no swifts in sight I = watched the cloud of Humming Birds at the feeders. Never less than 10 = and often quite a few more, they were like giant mosquitoes. =20 At 20:50 the first small group of Chimney Swifts flew over very high. 20:55 6 entered then 2 more.=20 From then on it was mostly singles, well spaced out, no fuss or noise. = They just showed up and fluttered into the chimney. Several times I = decided to leave and then another would arrive. 21:20 the last small group arrived and it was getting hard to see. I left at 21:25 Swift Total of 28 for the evening unless a few more arrived in the dark. John Belbin - Hantsport ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01CB2859.43A861A0 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 8.00.6001.18928"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I checked out the farmhouse of Cheryl = Rutledge this=20 evening. Conditions were 23C with no wind and 95 % cloud cover. = Extremely humid,=20 lots of bugs. I showed up at 20:15, sunset forecast for =20 20:59.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>2 Tree Swallows were flitting about. As = there were=20 no swifts in sight I watched the cloud of Humming Birds at the = feeders.=20 Never less than 10 and often quite a few more, they were like giant=20 mosquitoes.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>At 20:50 the first small group of = Chimney Swifts=20 flew over very high.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>20:55 6 entered then 2 more. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>From then on it was mostly singles, = well spaced=20 out, no fuss or noise. They just showed up and fluttered into the = chimney.=20 Several times I decided to leave and then another=20 would arrive.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> 21:20 the last small group = arrived and it was=20 getting hard to see.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I left at 21:25</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Swift Total of 28 for the evening = unless a few more=20 arrived in the dark.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>John Belbin - = Hantsport</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004A_01CB2859.43A861A0--
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