<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><b>MAY 25, 2010 - Robie Tufts Nature Centre in Wolfville at dusk: 45+ chimney swifts </b>counted as they dove into the chimney -- I watched from 8:32 to 9:15 p.m. (Sunset 8:45), and I thought I might be rained out, since half of the sky was overcast, there was a very slight drizzle, and it "felt" like rain was coming -- but as I sat there and the swifts made me wait and wait, I watched the sky clear gradually and become of gorgeous big Sunset -- temp. 19 C., wind light and from nw -- the swifts appeared suddenly at 9:08 and nearly all dropped quickly into the chimney in a minute or less, with only one straggler seen shortly thereafter -- observer Jim Wolford.</span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b>2010 CHIMNEY SWIFTS SUMMARY</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 1/10 - 0 - Robie Tufts Nature Centre (RTNC), Wolfville - Jim Wolford</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 4/10 - 5+ - RTNC, Wolfville - Harold Forsyth, Jim Wolford</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 4/10 - some heard (guess perhaps 25??) - Middleton - Claire Diggins</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 5/10 - 44 - New Glasgow, Temperance St. School - Ken McKenna</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 6/10 - 115 - Middleton Reg. High School - Wayne Neily</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 8/10 - 100+ - New Glasgow, Temperance St. School - Elizabeth Doull</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 8/10 - 5 - seen along Butler Rd., sw. of Kentville - Rick Whitman</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 9/10 - 50+ - Wolfville, RTNC - Jean & Stephanie Timpa</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 13/10 - 50+ - Wolfville, RTNC - Wendy Elliott, Jim Wolford</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 17/10 - 52 - Wolfville, RTNC - Brenda & Bill Thexton</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 17/10 - 386 - New Glasgow, Temperance St. School - Ken McKenna</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 18/10 - perhaps only half of 386 (not counted)+ puff of smoke!? - </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>New Glasgow - Ken McKenna et al.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 18/10 - zero - Wolfville, University Hall - Jim Wolford</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 20/10 - 65+ - Wolfville, RTNC - Pat Hawes, Jim Wolford, et al.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 20/10 - 139 - McGowan Lake, Queen's County - Brad Toms et al.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 21/10 - zero - N.S. Agric. College, Bible Hill - Linda & Ross Hall</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 22/10 - 108 - Upper Falmouth farmhouse - John Belbin, Cheryl Rutledge</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 22/10 - 65+ - Wolfville, RTNC - Gisela Westphalen</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 23/10 - 40+ - Wolfville, RTNC - ? & Ralph Winter, Jim Wolford</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 24/10 - 21 - Wolfville, RTNC - Lauren Park, Megan Thibeault, Tony Napoli</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 24/10 - 18 - Upper Falmouth farmhouse - Cheryl Rutledge</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">May 25/10 - 45+ - Wolfville, RTNC - Jim Wolford</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</span></font></div></span></font></div>
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