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--Boundary_(ID_jAr0r3TJApordPWSxwxY6Q) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT MAY 24, 2011 - Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville at dusk: observations from 8:30 p.m. to ?? My wrist watch was all screwed up tonight, so I didn't get the times for the swifts going into the chimney. Sunset was at about 8:43 p.m. Sky was totally overcast, brightly so for half the sky, other half pretty dark, visibility very poor tonight. But the chittering of the swifts was loud and quite audible, even for me. Temperature was 16 C., with a fairly strong wind from the west? A single swift dropped out of the loose flock and into the chimney well before the rest, which then all entered pretty quickly over the length of a minute or two. Harold Forsyth and I estimated 75 to 80 swifts, but sharp-eyed and experienced Ted Wolkowski was sure he counted about 120. Thus we'll write down 100 total swifts as a compromise or average. I can only guess at the times of swifts' entries: from 8:45 (1 swift) to about 9:00 p.m.?? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Boundary_(ID_jAr0r3TJApordPWSxwxY6Q) 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"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica"><b>MAY = 24, 2011</b> - <b>Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville at dusk:</b> = observations from 8:30 p.m. to ?? My wrist watch was all screwed = up tonight, so I didn't get the times for the <b>swifts</b> going into = the chimney. Sunset was at about 8:43 p.m. Sky was totally = overcast, brightly so for half the sky, other half pretty dark, = visibility very poor tonight. But the chittering of the swifts was = loud and quite audible, even for me. Temperature was 16 C., with a = fairly strong wind from the west? </font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 24px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica">A single = swift dropped out of the loose flock and into the chimney well before = the rest, which then all entered pretty quickly over the length of a = minute or two. Harold Forsyth and I estimated 75 to 80 swifts, but = sharp-eyed and experienced Ted Wolkowski was sure he counted about = 120. Thus we'll write down <b>100 total swifts</b> as a compromise = or average.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 20.0px Helvetica">I can only guess at the <b>times of swifts' = entries</b>: from 8:45 (1 swift) to about 9:00 p.m.??</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 20.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica">Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_jAr0r3TJApordPWSxwxY6Q)--
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