Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 08:19:46 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Elliot Kirschbaum Subject: Chimney Swifts in Baltimore, #2 Top Count in the Nation Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v543) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Begin forwarded message: > Hello Elliot. Will you please post this on MDOSPREY for me? > Thanks for coming tonight. Carol S. > _________________________________________ > >> From Carol Schreter, Balitmore Bird Club September 12, 2002 > CSchreter @ aol.com (410) 664-5151 > > 1) The "Swift Night Out" project in Texas collects nation-wide data > about > migrating Swifts over a single weekend in September. On September 7 & > 8, > 2002 between 7 and 8 PM, Baltimore birders counted 4,931 and then 5,232 > Swifts going into the Hampden chimney at the Mill Center in Baltimore > City. > As of the Sept. 12 results, only one other site in the nation > (Staunton, VA) > reported more Swifts than we did. See results on their web site: > > http://www.concentric.net/~Dwa/page74.html > > 2) Want to join the Baltimore Bird Club in Hampden for one of the BBC > scheduled trips? For directions....See the BBC website's 2002-2003 > schedule > (http://BaltimoreBirdClub.org) > > Saturday, Sept. 28, from 6:30 - 7:30 PM > > 3) Reminder: the SwiftWatch Research Project tracks migrating Swifts. > Anyone > is invited to use their form to collect data on any active chimney in > the > nation. You'll find their "Downloadable Data Form" at: > www.swiftwatch.org > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================