[ValleyNature] 45 Upper Falmouth Chimney Swifts + summary

[James W. Wolford]

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> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford at eastlink.ca>
> Date: May 27, 2009 5:19:11 PM ADT
> To: Nature BNS <nature at blomidonnaturalists.ca>, Wolfville Tourist  
> Bureau <tourism at town.wolfville.ns.ca>, Claire Diggins  
> <claire_diggins at hotmail.com>, Heather Killen  
> <hkillen at annapolisspectator.ca>, Ross & Linda Hall  
> <ross.hall at ns.sympatico.ca>, Julie Paquet <Julie.Paquet at ec.gc.ca>,  
> Peter Hope <peterhope at ns.sympatico.ca>, "Karen [Dartmouth] Potter"  
> <Karen.Potter at EC.GC.CA>, Dorothy Poole <dpoolex at ns.sympatico.ca>
> Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford at eastlink.ca>
> Subject: 45 Upper Falmouth Chimney Swifts + summary
>
> Thanks, John! from Jim et al.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: john belbin <jbelbin at ns.sympatico.ca>
>> Date: May 27, 2009 8:09:28 AM ADT
>> To: NatureNS <naturens at chebucto.ns.ca>
>> Subject: [NatureNS] 45 Upper Falmouth Swifts
>> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>>
>> I checked out the farmhouse owned by Cheryl Rutledge at Sangster  
>> Bridge again last night 26 May. There was a stiff cold wind,  
>> sunset was given as 8:52 pm.
>>
>> I arrived at 8:23 and getting out of the car was buzzed by a  
>> Humming Bird - I found that Cheryl has 4 feeders in a small area  
>> and 8 of the mobile missiles were very busy. The Sora was calling  
>> from the pond but fell silent went I set up my scope to look at it.
>>
>> 8:30 - 10 swifts circling high. Red Wing Blackbirds and Grackles  
>> calling, several Bobolinks singing in the nearby fields. One  
>> Bobolink posed on the top of a small bush but it was already too  
>> dark for good photos. 2 Grackles were clearly gathering food for a  
>> nearby nest. Savannah Sparrows.
>>
>> 8:45 - 20 swifts getting noisy and close.
>>
>> 8:50 - 2 Swifts enter. A catbird is making a lot of noise nearby
>>
>> 8:55 - 34 swifts enter in groups
>>
>> 9:00 The last 2 swifts of the original group go in.
>>
>> 9:04 A group of 7 Swifts who must have been doing the night-club  
>> circuit arrive and enter.
>>
>> John Belbin - Hantsport
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> 2009 CHIMNEY SWIFTS SUMMARY
>
> May 9/09 -- 12 -- Wolfville, Robie Tufts Nature Centre -- Jim  
> Wolford, Carol Carpenter, Sean Timpa, Jean Timpa
> May 11/09 -- 20 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
> May 11/09 -- 75 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
> May 12/09 -- 81 -- Middleton Regional High School -- Claire Diggins
> May 13/09 -- 13 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
> May 14/09 -- 44 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
> May 14/09 -- 170 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
> May 15/09 -- 287 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
> May 15/09 -- 40 -- Upper Falmouth (old farmhouse) -- Cheryl Rutledge
> May 15/09 -- 17 -- Bible Hill, N.S. Agric. Coll. -- Linda & Ross Hall
> May 16/09 -- 116 -- McGowan Lake, old blacksmith shop chimney --  
> Peter Hope
> May 17/09 -- 48 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
> May 19/09 -- 53+ -- Wolfville -- Gisela Westphalen, Jim Wolford
> May 19/09 -- 424 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna, Rick Ferguson
> May 19/09 -- 20 -- Oxford, free-standing ex-foundry chimney --  
> Julie Paquet
> May 19/09 -- 121 -- Middleton -- Claire Diggins, Helen Rodgers
> May 19/09 -- 95 -- old farmhouse chimney with 6 flues, Upper  
> Falmouth, north of Sangster Bridge -- Cheryl Rutledge & John Belbin
> May 19/09 -- 20 -- Oxford (free-standing ex-foundry big chimney) --  
> Julie Paquet
> May 20/09 -- 207 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
> May 20/09 -- 45+ -- Wolfville -- Elizabeth Doull & Ann Doull
> May 21/09 -- 24 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford et al.
> May 22/09 -- 20 -- Wolfville -- Jim Wolford
> May 23/09 -- 24 -- Wolfville -- ???
> May 24/09 -- 61 -- Wolfville -- Jacquie Roche, Chris Toplack, Jim  
> Wolford
> May 24/09 -- 314 -- New Glasgow -- Ken McKenna
> May 26/09 -- 282 -- Middleton -- Claire Diggins, Helen Rodgers
> May 26/09 -- 90 -- Wolfville -- Judy Tufts, Jim Wolford, et al.
> May 26/09 -- 45 -- Upper Falmouth -- John Belbin
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