Date:         Thu, 3 Oct 2002 04:52:45 -0400
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From:         Stan Arnold <blackrail@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Fw: new chimney swift roost site?
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This was sent to me by Bryan Mackay of UMBC.  If anyone is following Chimney
Swift roost sites, here's one that he found between Ellicott City and
Catonsville, in SW Baltimore Co.  For future atlas purposes, Kurt Schwarz is
the block coordinator (Ellicott City SE), and has been notified.

Stan Arnold
Glen Burnie, MD


-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan MacKay <mackay@umbc7.umbc.edu>
To: Stan Arnold <blackrail@earthlink.net>
Cc: Bryan MacKay <mackay@umbc.edu>; Adriana Frangos
<Adriana.Frangos@mindspring.com>; Ann Kernan <akernan@dnr.state.md.us>;
Charles A. Kucera <ckucera@us.net>; Dave Brinker <DBRINKER@dnr.state.md.us>;
Joel Martin <JCDLMARTIN@aol.com>; Karin Readel <readel@umbc.edu>; Kevin
Omland <omland@umbc.edu>; Kim Lloyd <PVSPLloyd0013@aol.com>; Marian Dodson
<MJD405@aol.com>; Paul Kreiss <pkreiss@toadmail.com>; Paula Warner
<WarnerPLW@aol.com>; Sandy Parker <eparker@umbc.edu>; Sue Probst
<sprobst@comcast.net>; Jo Solem <odenata@msn.com>; Bonnie Ott
<bonnie1163@comcast.net>
Date: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:47 AM
Subject: new chimney swift roost site?


>
>Last night, I saw chimney swifts enter the chimney of the old Oella
>School (the old Westchester Elementary school, now called the
>Westchester Center).  I've never heard of anyone else mentioning this
>site.  They started in at 7:02 pm and were all in at 7:08 pm.  They
>entered in small groups of 2-40 or so rather than all in one batch.  I
>have not been trained to count, but I'd estimate there were several
>hundred birds but less than a thousand.
>
>Directions: From Frederick Rd in Baltimore County halfway between
>Ellicott City and Catonsville, take Oella Avenue 2 blocks.  Turn left on
>Westchester Ave  (at the old country store).  Go 100 yards to the
>Center.
>
>I've sent this message to Stan's list of Relay NW block people.  Don't
>know whether this site is in the block, but is prob adjacent.  Please
>forward to the People in the Baltimore Bird Club who keep track of
>chimney swift sites.
>
>Bryan

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