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--Boundary_(ID_X8cn35Jb3byw/TLQbKhxGg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Bob, I have two aids: rather than just use fingers, I have a mechanical lab counter (for counting pills or certain behaviours etc. in lab situations), and I try to keep track of them by tens as they drop into the chimney -- this is quite easy on many nights but nearly impossible on those nights when they virtually all drop in at once, or delay their descents until it is almost too dark for us to see well. Another big aid, esp. on nights of late descents, is to situate yourself so that you are facing the brightest part of the sky, i.e. face west northwest in direction of setting Sun. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Bob McDonald <bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca> > Date: May 26, 2011 10:44:52 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Temperance st. Chimney Swifts- 489, May > 26, 2011 > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Ken, > > What an amazing show that must have been!! I just have to ask > though: how you can count 489 birds in 4 minutes!!?? I guess that > you never round off? I cannot count to 489 in 4 minutes, even > without the birds. > Thanks for the report! > > Bob McDonald > Halifax > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ken McKenna > To: NatureNS > Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:35 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] Temperance st. Chimney Swifts- 489, May 26, 2011 > > > Ken McKenna > Box 218 Stellarton NS > B0K 1S0 > 902 752-7644 > > Hi all > Great swift show at Temperance St. school again tonite (May 26) > with 489counted between 9:11-9:15. Nice clear skies tonight and > about 17C. Also increasing were a number of new observers who were > quite tickled to view something they never knew happened although > it has been going on for years. > cheers > Ken --Boundary_(ID_X8cn35Jb3byw/TLQbKhxGg) 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; "> Bob, I have two aids: rather than just use fingers, I have a mechanical = lab counter (for counting pills or certain behaviours etc. in lab = situations), and I try to keep track of them by tens as they drop into = the chimney -- this is quite easy on many nights but nearly impossible = on those nights when they virtually all drop in at once, or delay their = descents until it is almost too dark for us to see well. Another = big aid, esp. on nights of late descents, is to situate yourself so that = you are facing the brightest part of the sky, i.e. face west northwest = in direction of setting Sun. Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Bob McDonald <<a = href=3D"mailto:bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca">bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca</a>>= ;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 26, 2011 10:44:52 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Temperance st. = Chimney Swifts- 489,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>May 26, 2011</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><font = size=3D"2">Ken,</font></div><div><font = size=3D"2"></font> </div><div><font size=3D"2">What an amazing show = that must have been!! I just have to ask though: how you can = count 489 birds in 4 minutes!!?? I guess that you never round = off? I cannot count to 489 in 4 minutes, even without the = birds.</font></div><div><font size=3D"2">Thanks for the = report!</font></div><div><font size=3D"2"></font> </div><div><font = size=3D"2">Bob McDonald</font></div><div><font = size=3D"2">Halifax</font></div><div><font = size=3D"2"></font> </div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; = border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; = margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div style=3D"font: normal normal = normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: = initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; = background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); = background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial = initial; "><b>From:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"kenmcken@eastlink.ca" href=3D"mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca">Ken = McKenna</a></div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal = arial; "><b>To:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</a></div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; = "><b>Sent:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday,= May 26, 2011 9:35 PM</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NatureNS] Temperance st. = Chimney Swifts- 489, May 26, 2011</div><div><br></div><div><font = size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial">Ken McKenna<br>Box 218 Stellarton NS<br>B0K 1S0<br>902 = 752-7644<br></font></div><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Hi = all</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Great swift show at = Temperance St. school again tonite (May 26) with<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>489</strong>counted = between 9:11-9:15. Nice clear skies tonight and about 17C. Also = increasing were a number of new observers who were quite tickled to view = something they never knew happened although it has been going on for = years.</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial">cheers</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial">Ken</font></div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"></font></blockquote><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"></font></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_X8cn35Jb3byw/TLQbKhxGg)--
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