Re: roosting chimney swifts

Terry Ross (tross@bcpl.net)
Thu, 17 Sep 1998 08:04:03 -0400 (EDT)


Last night Roberta and I saw a flock of Chimney Swifts funneling into the
chimney of Baltimore's Wilson Memorial Methodist Church, at the southeast
corner of Charles and University.  This has been a reliable chimney for
several years.  The chimney is on the southeast corner of the church, and
is best viewed from the alley (called Lovegrove St., but really an
alley) between Charles and St. Paul.

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On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 Mates444@aol.com wrote:

> Thanks to Elliot's message from yesterday, I went to 39th & Canterbury
> (Baltimore city) this evening at 7 pm to watch for funneling chimney swifts.
> They were massing around in an unorganized manner until about 7:20, then
> started circling a particular building - round and round and round it.  As the
> circle thinned out and I didn't see any  birds diving into chimneys, I walked
> between two buildings and found THE chimney.  Hundreds and hundreds - diving
> sporadically into the chimney.  Pretty neat, and only a mile from home.
> 
> THE chimney is between the two buildings of The Hamilton, a 3-story apartment
> building on the south side of 39th Street just at the corner of Canterbury.
> There is a short driveway between the two buildings that, if you walk up it
> and look at the back of the building on your right, you will see THE chimney. 
> 
> If you haven't ever seen this spectacle it is worth the trip.
> 
> Francine Nietubicz
>