Tonight at approx 7:30 while errand-running at the shopping center on the
corner of Falls Road and Lake Avenue there were about 65 or so Chimney
Swifts flying around.  Additionally what I assume was a Ruby-throated
Hummingbird flew over Falls Road.   I've always heard Chimney Swifts here
and there in our neighborhood but have never seen that many at one time
unless it was at the Baltimore Bird Club's annual swift watch at the
Conservatory in Baltimore or at the Hamden Book Bindery.   

BTW, this year's Chimney Swift event is scheduled for SEP 14 (Sun) 7:30 -
8:30 p.m. CHIMNEY SWIFTS AT DUSK, DRUID HILL PARK CONSERVATORY (GREENHOUSE)
Join the BBC SwiftWatch Team for "Swift Night Out" as Chimney Swifts pour
into the Conservatory chimney. Swifts are counted and results, nationwide,
are listed at www.chimneyswifts.org. Baltimore has some of the highest
counts in the nation. Come at 7:15 if the weather is cloudy or gray.
*Directions to Druid Hill Park Conservatory. The Conservatory is located at
Auchentoroly Terrace and Gwynns Falls Parkway. From I-83 exit at 28th St.
Follow signs to "Druid Park Lake Drive" (go along edge of the park). Turn
right at 5th traffic light, Gwynns Falls Parkway. See the Conservatory on
your right (an historic Victorian, glass greenhouse). 

BBC events calendar:   http://baltimorebirdclub.org/schedule.html

W. Olsson
Baltimore, MD