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--Apple-Mail-160--749016958 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > >> Subject: 75+ chimney swifts July 25/13, Wolfville RTNC >> >> July 25, 2013 - Evening check for chimney swifts at Wolfville's >> Robie Tufts Nature Centre: 75+ swifts were counted as they dropped >> into the chimney -- this bodes well for Saturday evening's public >> outreach event on swifts -- I watched from 8:35 to 9:10 p.m., and >> sunset was at about 8:51 -- sky completely overcast but not darkly >> so, temp. was 20 C., and no wind -- the swifts flew past the >> chimney up very high where I had trouble seeing them, but the 10 >> or so other observers said they saw up to about 40 at once -- the >> first entry to the chimney was at 8:51 (sunset time by >> coincidence?), and most of the swifts put off the communal descent >> until just before 9 p.m. Observers were Jim Wolford plus perhaps >> 10 others, from New Jersey, California, Avonport, and ? >> >> Also, when the swifts were dropping into the chimney tonight, one >> bird appeared to hit the top of the chimney and bounce back up and >> away, although nobody else seemed to notice this. Such a thing >> has only happened there once before, a long time ago, when >> somebody noticed a bird miss its mark and hit the outside of the >> chimney, then fall down on the roof and roll down and onto the >> ground, where it was found to have broken its neck and died. >> Later this bird was mounted by Cyril Coldwell and made a nice >> display, but it was not properly kept in the Acadia Museum and it >> later rotted away (my fault). >> >> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > --Apple-Mail-160--749016958 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><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div><div><br></div><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>Subject: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>75+ chimney swifts July 25/13, 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> = July 25, 2013 - <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 12px; ">Evening check for </span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><b>chimney swifts at Wolfville's Robie Tufts = Nature Centre: 75+ swifts were counted </b></span><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">as they dropped = into the chimney -- this bodes well for Saturday evening's public = outreach event on swifts -- I watched from 8:35 to 9:10 p.m., and sunset = was at about 8:51 -- sky completely overcast but not darkly so, temp. = was 20 C., and no wind -- the swifts flew past the chimney up very high = where I had trouble seeing them, but the 10 or so other observers said = they saw up to about 40 at once -- the first entry to the chimney was at = 8:51 (sunset time by coincidence?), and most of the swifts put off the = communal descent until just before 9 p.m. Observers were Jim = Wolford plus perhaps 10 others, from New Jersey, California, Avonport, = and ?</span><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">Also, = when the swifts were dropping into the chimney tonight, <b>one bird = appeared to hit the top of the chimney and bounce back up and away</b>, = although nobody else seemed to notice this. Such a thing has only = happened there once before, a long time ago, when somebody noticed a = bird miss its mark and hit the outside of the chimney, then fall down on = the roof and roll down and onto the ground, where it was found to have = broken its neck and died. Later this bird was mounted by Cyril = Coldwell and made a nice display, but it was not properly kept in the = Acadia Museum and it later rotted away (my = fault).</font></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><br></span></div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; ">Cheers from Jim = in = Wolfville.</span></div></div></blockquote></div><br></blockquote></div><br= ></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-160--749016958--
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