Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 22:05:00 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Elliot Kirschbaum Subject: Fall Chimney Swift Migration in Hampden Comments: cc: Carol Schreter Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Carol Schreter asked me to post this to the list. It is her record of the Chimney Swifts counted this fall at two chimneys in the Hampden area of Baltimore. _________________________ Fall 2001 Count -- Chimney Swifts in Hampden Baltimore Bird Club, from Alice Nelson & Carol Schreter Date Where Number Start in Last in 9-1-01 Mill Center 1,000+ (est.)* 7:30 PM 8:30 PM 9-8-01 Mill Center 4,478 (count)* 7:15 PM 7:55 PM 9-15-01 Mill Center 5,300 (count) 7:20 PM 7:45 PM 9-25-01 Mill Center 1,475 (count) 7:03 PM 7:25 PM 10-3-01 Mill Center 80 in. 57+ pop out 6:50 PM 7:15 PM Bookbindery 3,000+ (est.) 6:50 PM 7:16 PM 10-11-01 Mill Center 3,120 (count) 6:25 PM 6:55 PM Bookbindery 1,003 (count) 6:38 PM 6:55 PM 10-18-01 Mill Center (only) 993 (count) 6:12 PM 6:40 PM 10-25-01 Mill Center 786 (count) 6:15 PM 6:35 PM 10-28-01 Mill Center 4 (count) 5:00 PM 5:10 PM * *Daylight Savings Time Ends Note: The Swifts enter earlier as days grow shorter and on cloudy or cool evenings. The flow stopped after two nights with temperatures in the 30's. Counters included Alice & David Nelson, Carol Schreter, Helene Gardel, Jeanne Bowman, Elliot & Nancy Kirschbaum and many other BBC members. Watch for new Spring 2002 trips to be announced in BBC's newsletter Chip Notes. Or go on your own, mid April - mid May, using directions given for a Sept. 13, 2001 BBC trip at http://www.bcpl.net/~tross/schedule.html#sep For more information: - See "Swift Watch in Hampden" story to be published in the December 2001 issue of Chip Notes. Elliot Kirschbaum Baltimore, MD USA mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =======================================================================