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--Boundary_(ID_R3vWtKU5Thymuc2EwP4exQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: August 2, 2011 2:12:17 PM ADT > To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, "Ally (Allison) > Manthorne" <amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org>, Becky Stewart <bstewart@bsc- > eoc.org>, Karen Potter <Karen.Potter@EC.GC.CA>, Wolfville VIC > <tourism@wolfville.ca>, Tony Napoli <t.nap@ns.sympatico.ca>, Sheila > McCurdy <skmccurdy@eastlink.ca> > Cc: Chris Field <field@mathstat.dal.ca>, Wendy Elliott > <semaphor@ns.sympatico.ca>, Heather Killen > <hkillen@annapolisspectator.ca>, Wendy Elliott > <WELLIOTT@KENTVILLEADVERTISER.CA> > Subject: nesting swifts? and 49, 48+ ch. swifts July 31 & Aug. > 1/11, Wolfville RTNC > > PLEASE NOTE: WENDY ELLIOTT PUT AN ARTICLE IN TODAY'S Kentville > ADVERTISER newspaper, entitled "CHIMNEY SWIFTS NESTING?", which is > a plea from myself and all SwiftWatchers for information about > where chimney swifts are nesting locally. Now is prime time for > hearing the very noisy young swifts which will be out of the nest > but probably not yet flying, in residential chimneys, silos of > barns, haylofts of barns, abandoned forest buildings or wells, > i.e., dark spaces that they can fly into and out from. Spread the > word about this all over our province and in other provinces too, > since we want to build an inventory of chimneys and other spaces > that are still swift-friendly and deserve to be preserved as > nesting or roosting habitat. Uninformed people can be turned off > by the noise from the young swifts and from debris that might fall > to the bottoms of chimney flues and then decide to cap their > chimneys with screening or put in liners. My phone number in > Wolfville is 542-9204 and e-mail address jimwolford@eastlink.ca . > -- THANKS, WENDY!! > ---------------------------- > > JULY 31, 2011 - At Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature Centre (at > dusk?), 49 chimney swifts were counted, presumably as they dove > into the chimney for the night. No weather information recorded. > Times (of what?) written were 8:54 to 9:07 (presumably p.m.??)(were > these entry times??). Sunset was 8:44 p.m. Observers were Ann & > Darren Booth. > > [NOTE -- It's important to write down observation times with am/pm > AND the times of first entry into chimney, most entries, and last > entry. And doing this with failing light at late dusk is > challenging, especially when you want to keep looking at the > chimney!][JW] > > -------------------------- > AUG. 1, 2011 - With some help from two visitors from The Mira area > of Cape Breton, at dusk at Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature Centre, I > counted 48+ chimney swifts as they dove into the chimney for the > night. Sky was clear but hazy, windy (from north all day), warm, > 23 C. Earliest entries by the swifts were at 8:35 and then not > until 9:00 p.m. Most entries were at 9:05 to 9:07 p.m., then > stragglers until at least 9:15. Sunset tonight was 8:42 p.m., and > observations were from 8:30 to 9:18 p.m., when it was really hard > to see any more. Observers Jim Wolford plus about 10-12 others, > none of whom gave me estimates. But tony Napoli watched from afar > and thought there were quite a few more (a guess) than what I > counted. My own count might well have been too low, since I was > talking with visitors and may well have been less than totally > attentive. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_R3vWtKU5Thymuc2EwP4exQ) 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; "> <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">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></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">August 2, 2011 2:12:17 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">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = "Ally (Allison) Manthorne" <<a = href=3D"mailto:amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org">amanthorne@bsc-eoc.org</a>>, = Becky Stewart <<a = href=3D"mailto:bstewart@bsc-eoc.org">bstewart@bsc-eoc.org</a>>, Karen = Potter <<a = href=3D"mailto:Karen.Potter@EC.GC.CA">Karen.Potter@EC.GC.CA</a>>, = Wolfville VIC <<a = href=3D"mailto:tourism@wolfville.ca">tourism@wolfville.ca</a>>, Tony = Napoli <<a = href=3D"mailto:t.nap@ns.sympatico.ca">t.nap@ns.sympatico.ca</a>>, = Sheila McCurdy <<a = href=3D"mailto:skmccurdy@eastlink.ca">skmccurdy@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>Cc: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Chris Field <<a = href=3D"mailto:field@mathstat.dal.ca">field@mathstat.dal.ca</a>>, = Wendy Elliott <<a = href=3D"mailto:semaphor@ns.sympatico.ca">semaphor@ns.sympatico.ca</a>>,= Heather Killen <<a = href=3D"mailto:hkillen@annapolisspectator.ca">hkillen@annapolisspectator.c= a</a>>, Wendy Elliott <<a = href=3D"mailto:WELLIOTT@KENTVILLEADVERTISER.CA">WELLIOTT@KENTVILLEADVERTIS= ER.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>nesting swifts? and 49, 48+ ch. = swifts July 31 & Aug. 1/11, Wolfville RTNC</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> PLEASE NOTE: = WENDY ELLIOTT PUT AN ARTICLE IN TODAY'S Kentville ADVERTISER = newspaper, entitled "CHIMNEY SWIFTS NESTING?", which is a plea = from myself and all SwiftWatchers for information about where chimney = swifts are nesting locally. Now is prime time for hearing the very = noisy young swifts which will be out of the nest but probably not yet = flying, in residential chimneys, silos of barns, haylofts of barns, = abandoned forest buildings or wells, i.e., dark spaces that they can fly = into and out from. Spread the word about this all over our = province and in other provinces too, since we want to build an inventory = of chimneys and other spaces that are still swift-friendly and deserve = to be preserved as nesting or roosting habitat. Uninformed people = can be turned off by the noise from the young swifts and from debris = that might fall to the bottoms of chimney flues and then decide to cap = their chimneys with screening or put in liners. My phone number in = Wolfville is 542-9204 and e-mail address <a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a> . -- = THANKS, = WENDY!!<div>----------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>JULY 31, 2011</b> - At <b>Wolfville</b>'s = Robie Tufts Nature Centre (at dusk?),<b> 49 chimney swifts</b> were = counted, presumably as they dove into the chimney for the night. = No weather information recorded. Times (of what?) written were = 8:54 to 9:07 (presumably p.m.??)(were these entry times??). Sunset = was 8:44 p.m. Observers were Ann & Darren = Booth.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px 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"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">[NOTE -- It's important to write down observation = times with am/pm AND the times of first entry into chimney, most = entries, and last entry. And doing this with failing light at late = dusk is challenging, especially when you want to keep looking at the = chimney!][JW]</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: medium;"><b><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-weight: = normal;"><br></span></b></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">--------------------------</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>AUG. 1, 2011</b> - With some help from two visitors = from The Mira area of Cape Breton, at dusk at <b>Wolfville</b>'s Robie = Tufts Nature Centre, I counted <b>48+ chimney swifts</b> as they dove = into the chimney for the night. Sky was clear but hazy, windy = (from north all day), warm, 23 C. Earliest entries by the swifts = were at 8:35 and then not until 9:00 p.m. Most entries were at = 9:05 to 9:07 p.m., then stragglers until at least = 9:15. Sunset tonight was 8:42 p.m., and observations were = from 8:30 to 9:18 p.m., when it was really hard to see any more. = Observers Jim Wolford plus about 10-12 others, none of whom gave me = estimates. But tony Napoli watched from afar and thought there = were quite a few more (a guess) than what I counted. My own = count might well have been too low, since I was talking with = visitors and may well have been less than totally = attentive. </font></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = 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"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville</font></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_R3vWtKU5Thymuc2EwP4exQ)--
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