Nice photos Martyn.
I heard from someone that at Chapman this past weekend there
were only 15 swifts - but 400 spectators. I mentioned I would
post a snippet of my recording of Sept 16 at the N Portland site -
the original sounds like you're being run over by a bus the whole
time, so I messed with it a bit to remove some noise:
<http://www.hevanet.com/rockscallop/040916_VSwift.mp3>
John Hartog
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> The wife and I went to Monroe, Washington State tonight and
met two other
> birders. There was in excess of some 5000 Vaux's Swifts
entering a chimney
> at a school on Main Street from about 6.45 to 7.39. Most birds
entered
> between 6:50pm and 7:30pm. An absolutely fantastic
experience. I had been
> planning to go to Chapman school in Portland to see the swifts
down there
> but this super exceeds that. This is a must for all to see. ( A
LONG WAY FOR
> MOST :-()
>
> I took some pictures tonight and will post some sound
recordings later this
> week when I intend to record them.
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> http://www.naturesound.org/Vaux%20Swift%20roost.htm
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> Regards
>
>
>
> Martyn
>
> Martyn Stewart
> Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
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> N47.65543 W121.98428
> Redmond. Washington. USA
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> 425-898-0462
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> From:
> On Behalf Of Peggy Faranda
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 4:06 PM
> To:
> Subject: chimney swifts
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>
> Just curious if anyone on this list has observed the nightly
(around 6:30 pm
> to be more precise) swarms of chimney swifts funneling in and
out of the
> large chimney stack of Frank Wagner Middle School on Main
St. in Monroe, WA.
> I thought it was just a fluke at first, but I have seen it at least
5
times
> now, hundreds of them. I stood out there and watched them
one night
> wondering why no one else was alongside me and in as much
awe as I was.
>
>
>
> Peggy Faranda
>
> Snohomish, WA
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