Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 08:47:01 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Elliot Kirschbaum Subject: Chimney Swifts in Hampden Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v546) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Carol Schreter asked me to post this for her. Baltimore Bird Club doing weekly counts of Chimney Swift roost sites at several chimneys. Sending results to migration research project called SwiftWatch in Virginia (www.swiftwatch.org). Thought you might be interested in seeing the weekly counts for the month of September for the Hampden chimneys in Baltimore, ranked #2 in the nation on the "Swift Night Out" Weekend, Sept. 7 and 8, 2002. (See http://www.concentric.net/~Dwa/page74.html) Chimney Swifts in Hampden, Baltimore City. Sept. 2002 Date Where Number Start in Last in 8-30-02 Bookbindary 1,000+ (est.)* 6.55 PM 8:05 PM " Mill Center fewer 9-4-01 Mill Center 3,000 (est.) 7:00 PM 7:55 PM 9-7-02 Mill Center 4,931 (count) 7:23 PM 7:56 PM 9-8-02 Mill Center 5,232 (count) 7:00 PM 7:52 PM 9-12-01 Mill Center 4,720 (count) 7:10 PM 7:45 PM 9-14-01 Mill Center 6,221(count) 6:33 PM 7:32 PM 9-21-02 Mill Center 4,120 (count) 6:32 PM 7:25 PM 9-28-02 Mill Center 2,261(count) 7:05 PM 7:25 PM _________________________________________________________ We expect action to continue until the first frost -- which occurred last year on October 27. Come on your own anytime before then to see the action. Arrive 1/2 hour before sunset, and stay for 1/2 hour after sunset. Go To Club webiste (baltimorebirdclub.org) for directions to the Hampden chimneys. 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================