Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 21:51:34 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Steve Sanford Subject: Chimney Swift count in Baltimore MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Carol Schreter of the Baltimore Bird club has asked me to post the = following. This concerns Chimney Swift counts. Carol quickly organized a = count in Baltimore after I forwarded Jim Stasz' posting of Aug 30 = forwarding info about a national counting project. _________________ Sept. 7-10, 2001 was announced as A Swift Night Out, the first = nation-wide=20 Chimney Swift count. Baltimore Bird Club responded, sending in the = following=20 information for Baltimore City. Our counters included Alice & David = Nelson,=20 Carol Schreter, Helene Gardel, Jeanne Bowman, and others. Sept 7, At 5th Regiment Armory, Howard and Dophin Sts. Count =3D 2416 Sept 8, At Mill Center in Hampden, Darby St. between Chestnut and Elm. = Count=20 =3D 4478. Sept 9, At Mill Center, again, Count =3D 4205 Nation-wide results appear at www.concentric.net/~Dwa/page58.html This website (www.concentric.net/~Dwa) also contains video of the inside = of a=20 Chimney, with swifts. It appears that 15 states reported. Of these, only Reading, PA, counted = more,=20 a total of 5000 Chimney Swifts on a single night. ________________________________ For a field trip to see big bunches of swifts swirling into their roost, = join Carol's field trip in Baltimore: SEP 20 (Thurs), 7:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. CHIMNEY SWIFTS IN HAMPDEN. Second = of two Thursdays at dusk, to see thousands of migrating Chimney Swifts = pour into chimneys at the Bookbindery, 3110 Elm Avenue, and the Mill = Center, slightly downhill. Directions: Take I-83 exit Cold Spring Lane, = East, 1/4 mile to light at Falls Rd. Turn right, (south) onto Falls Rd. = and go 1.2 miles, total. At 36th Street, follow left lane and sign = "Falls Rd." At stop sign, turn left, one short block uphill. Take 1st = possible right, a hairpin turn onto Falls Cliff Rd. Go two short blocks. = Turn left onto 32nd St., 1 block. Park near Elm Ave. and 32nd Street. = Leader: Carol Schreter (410) 664-5151 or cschreter@aol.com=20 =20 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================