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--Apple-Mail-14-380031027 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed 2012 CHIMNEY SWIFTS SUMMARY RTNC = Robie Tufts Nature Centre, Wolfville MRHS = Middleton Regional High School NGTSS = New Glasgow Temperance St. School - April 24/12 3 seen at The Hawk, Cape Sable Island Johnny Nickerson. - Apr. 28/12 1 found dead in downtown Halifax (Bishop St.) - Bob Farmer. - May 8/12 - 17, dusk, huge house chimney, Upper Falmouth - Cheryl Rutledge. - May 9/12 several "flying high" above RTNC, early evening, rainy - Andy Dean. - May 11/12 100 seen EXITING (remotely via camera) from chimney of MIDDLETON Regional High School at 9:55 to 10:10 a.m. - Ally Manthorne. - May 11/12 - 139 at dusk into chimney of New Glasgow's Temperance St. School - Ken McKenna. - May 11/12 - 65+ entered Wolfville's RTNC chimney at dusk - - Jim Wolford (+ 3). - May 12/12 - 120+ at dusk into chimney of NGTSSchool - Liz Doull. - May 12/12 - counts of 97 & 66 (av. 80?) at dusk, Wolfville, RTNC - Judy Tufts, Jim Wolford. - May 12/12 - one seen flying at Port Howe, Cumberland Co. - Virginia Redden. - May 13/12 - 96 at dusk at McGowan Lake, Queen's Co. - Brad Toms. - May 13/12 - 33, dusk, huge house chimney, Upper Falmouth - Cheryl Rutledge. - May 14/12 - 167 at dusk into chimney of NGTSS - Ken McKenna. - May 15/12 - 213 at dusk into Middleton Reg. H.S. chimney - Claire Diggins. - May 15/12 - 68+ at dusk, Wolfville, RTNC - Tony Napoli, Jim Wolford. - May 17/12 - 37 at dusk, Wolfville RTNC, + merlin seen - Jim Wolford. --------------------------------------- MAY 17, 2012 - At dusk I monitored Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature Centre for roosting swifts -- the "show" this evening was quite boring and very gradual, with a total of only 37 chimney swifts going into the chimney, from 8:45 to 9:10 p.m. -- Sunset was at 8:37, and I watched from 8:42 to 9:15 p.m. -- sky was totally clear, wind was light to moderate and cool, at 16 C. I was the lone observer, but various others saw parts of the show: Donna Holmes, Tony Napoli, Tom? Reimer, Sheila McCurdy, Liz Adamson, et al. But early in tonight's "show", at 8:47 p.m., I saw a merlin fly past the chimney very rapidly and closely without any slowing down, and it continued northward toward the dykelands. (In recent years I don't think anyone has seen attacks on the pre-roosting swifts by merlins, and tonight's pattern of a merlin flying northward past the chimney has been seen by me several times in past years. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Apple-Mail-14-380031027 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <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"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>2012 CHIMNEY SWIFTS = SUMMARY</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; = "><b></b><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>RTNC</b> =3D Robie Tufts Nature Centre, = Wolfville</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>MRHS</b> =3D Middleton Regional High = School</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>NGTSS = </b>=3D New Glasgow Temperance St. School</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></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">- April 24/12 3 seen at The Hawk, = <b>Cape Sable Island</b> Johnny = Nickerson. </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">- Apr. = 28/12 1 found dead in downtown <b>Halifax</b> = (Bishop St.) - Bob Farmer.</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">- May = 8/12 - 17, dusk, huge house chimney, <b>Upper Falmouth</b> - Cheryl = Rutledge.</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">- May 9/12 = several "flying high" above <b>RTNC</b>, early evening, rainy = - Andy Dean. - May 11/12 100 seen <b>EXITING</b> = (remotely via camera) from chimney of <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space:pre"> </span><b>MIDDLETON</b> Regional High = School at 9:55 to 10:10 a.m. - Ally Manthorne.</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">- May 11/12 - 139 at dusk into chimney of <b>New = Glasgow</b>'s Temperance St. School - Ken McKenna.</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">- May 11/12 - 65+ entered <b>Wolfville's = RTNC</b> chimney at dusk - - Jim Wolford (+ 3).</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">- May 12/12 - 120+ at dusk into = chimney of <b>NGTSSchool</b> - = Liz Doull.</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">- May = 12/12 - counts of 97 & 66 (av. 80?) at dusk, <b>Wolfville, RTNC</b> = - Judy Tufts, Jim Wolford.</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">- May = 12/12 - one seen flying at<b> Port Howe</b>, Cumberland Co. - Virginia = Redden.</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">- May 13/12 - = 96 at dusk at <b>McGowan Lake</b>, Queen's Co. - = Brad Toms.</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">- May 13/12 - 33, dusk, huge = house chimney, <b>Upper Falmouth</b> - Cheryl = Rutledge. </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">- May 14/12 - = 167 at dusk into chimney of <b>NGTSS</b> - = Ken McKenna. </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">- May 15/12 - 213 at dusk into <b>Middleton</b> Reg. = H.S. chimney - Claire Diggins.</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">- May = 15/12 - 68+ at dusk,<b> Wolfville, = RTNC</b> - Tony Napoli, Jim Wolford.</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">- May 17/12 - 37 at dusk, = Wolfville RTNC, + merlin seen - Jim = Wolford.</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">---------------------------------------</font></div></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" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><br></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" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>MAY 17, 2012 </b>- </font><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">At dusk I = monitored </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px; "><b>Wolfville's Robie Tufts Nature Centre</b></span><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "> for roosting = swifts -- the "show" this evening was quite boring and very gradual, = with a </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; = "><b>total of only 37 chimney swifts</b></span><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "> going into the = chimney, from 8:45 to 9:10 p.m. -- Sunset was at 8:37, and I watched = from 8:42 to 9:15 p.m. -- sky was totally clear, wind was light to = moderate and cool, at 16 C. I was the lone observer, but various = others saw parts of the show: Donna Holmes, Tony Napoli, Tom? Reimer, = Sheila McCurdy, Liz Adamson, et al. </span></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; "><br></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">But early = in tonight's "show", at 8:47 p.m., I saw a <b>merlin</b> fly past the = chimney very rapidly and closely without any slowing down, and it = continued northward toward the dykelands. (In recent years I don't = think anyone has seen attacks on the pre-roosting swifts by merlins, and = tonight's pattern of a merlin flying northward past the chimney has been = seen by me several times in past years.</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">Cheers = from Jim in Wolfville</font></div> </body></html>= --Apple-Mail-14-380031027--
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