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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01CE57A1.07AAD370 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ken McKenna Box 218 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 902 752-7644 Hi all Unlike some of the reports of other NS locations for the first night of = Swiftwatch 2013, it was not rainy in New Glasgow. It was 100% overcast, = 13C, with a light breeze( Beaufort 2) when I arrived at the Temperance = St. school parking lot in New Glasgow at 8:15- much earlier than I = normally would go it if were not an official count night. There were 4 = others already on hand to watch and we were joined shortly after by 1 = other for a total of 6 observers. Only one, Rick Ferguson, counted with = me and I took the swift total for the night as an average of our 2 = tallies. =20 Scores of swifts were flying near the chimney when I arrived, but other = observers who had been there for at least 10 min. prior said none had = entered yet. Numbers continued to build as minutes ticked away and there = was a lot of counter-clockwise flights at the chimney til 8:44 when a = large bolus entered in a short time. At this point Rick and I had = different totals.ranging from 340-480. I took the average of these 2 = figures as the rest of our counts for the night were almost identical. = Very shortly after that lump went in, another 120 entered. Over the = next 23 min, there were trickles of 1-3 for a grand total of 558 swifts. = We left at 9:12 when it was too dark to see.=20 I feel the average is a pretty good estimate as I am usually = under-estimating. All agreed it was well worth the time to come out and = observe.=20 cheers Ken PS Brown Thrasher still on Maple St. in Westville and I had 3-4 Veerys in = birding this morning in Brookville-Churchville area as well as an E. = Phoebe nest with 6 eggs under a bridge, and a Kestrel in a nest hole in = a live poplar.=20 We met an hiker in McLellan's Brook who had an E. Phoebe nest in a = building on his nearby property . Canada Geese in this area still = sitting on nests.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01CE57A1.07AAD370 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 8.00.6001.23487"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken McKenna<BR>Box 218 Stellarton = NS<BR>B0K=20 1S0<BR>902 752-7644</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><BR>Hi all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Unlike some of the reports of other NS = locations=20 for the first night of Swiftwatch 2013, it was not rainy in New Glasgow. = It was=20 100% overcast, 13C, with a light breeze( Beaufort 2) when I arrived at=20 the Temperance St. school parking lot in New Glasgow at 8:15- = much=20 earlier than I normally would go it if were not an official count night. = There=20 were 4 others already on hand to watch and we were joined shortly after = by 1=20 other for a total of 6 observers. Only one, Rick Ferguson, counted with = me and I=20 took the swift total for the night as an average of our 2 = tallies.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Scores of swifts were flying near the = chimney when=20 I arrived, but other observers who had been there for at least 10 min. = prior=20 said none had entered yet. Numbers continued to build as minutes ticked = away and=20 there was a lot of counter-clockwise flights at the chimney til 8:44 = when a=20 large bolus entered in a short time. At this point Rick and I had = different=20 totals.ranging from 340-480. I took the average of these 2 figures as = the rest=20 of our counts for the night were almost identical. Very shortly after = that lump=20 went in, another 120 entered. Over the next 23 min, there were = trickles of=20 1-3 for a grand total of 558 swifts. We left at 9:12 when it was = too dark=20 to see. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I feel the average is a pretty good = estimate as I=20 am usually under-estimating. All agreed it was well worth the time to = come out=20 and observe. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ken</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>PS</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Brown Thrasher still on Maple St. in = Westville and=20 I had 3-4 Veerys in birding this morning in Brookville-Churchville = area as=20 well as an E. Phoebe nest with 6 eggs under a bridge, and a Kestrel = in a=20 nest hole in a live poplar. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>We met an hiker in McLellan's = Brook who had an=20 E. Phoebe nest in a building on his nearby property . Canada Geese = in this=20 area still sitting on nests. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01CE57A1.07AAD370--
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