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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01CC19FE.C7E34650 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There were only 3 Chimney Swifts seen to enter the the old farmhouse at = Sangster Bridge while Cheryl Rutledge and I watched on Monday 23 May. It = would have been easy to miss those too as they simply showed up and = dived in. It is possible that a few others may have come earlier, the = conditions were poor for swifts and I didn't arrive until 8:30 pm due to = an RCMP barricade on Highway 101 at Hantsport.=20 Conditions were 60 % cloud cover, 10-11 C dropping rapidly to what felt = like about 8C, 20 Km winds from south with gusts much higher than that. = A very cold watch that we spent shivering in the car. No frogs, swallows = or Soras calling. No Hummingbirds at the multiple feeders. Almost = nothing moving except for 3 Grackles beating up a crow. Once again I = checked the on-line weather at Kentville and Windsor before and after = the trip and did not agree with their very mild statements - I wonder = what planet they take their readings from? Cheryl tells me that on Sunday 22 May at least 40 Swifts entered the = chimney after a classic exciting spiral performance. She also said that = they were late leaving the chimney in the morning, with the first only = moving out at 7:40 am and the rest later than that. John Belbin - Hantsport ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01CC19FE.C7E34650 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 8.00.6001.19048"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>There were only 3 Chimney Swifts seen = to enter the=20 the old farmhouse at Sangster Bridge while Cheryl Rutledge and I watched = on=20 Monday 23 May. It would have been easy to miss those too as they simply = showed=20 up and dived in. It is possible that a few others may have come earlier, = the=20 conditions were poor for swifts and I didn't arrive until 8:30 = pm due to an=20 RCMP barricade on Highway 101 at Hantsport. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Conditions were 60 % cloud cover, 10-11 = C dropping=20 rapidly to what felt like about 8C, 20 Km winds from south with gusts = much=20 higher than that. A very cold watch that we spent shivering in the car. = No=20 frogs, swallows or Soras calling. No Hummingbirds at the multiple = feeders.=20 Almost nothing moving except for 3 Grackles beating up a crow. Once = again I=20 checked the on-line weather at Kentville and Windsor before and = after the=20 trip and did not agree with their very mild statements - I wonder what = planet=20 they take their readings from?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Cheryl tells me that on Sunday 22 May = at least 40=20 Swifts entered the chimney after a classic exciting spiral performance. = She also=20 said that they were late leaving the chimney in the morning, with the = first only=20 moving out at 7:40 am and the rest later than that.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>John Belbin - = Hantsport</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01CC19FE.C7E34650--
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