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A SWIFT NIGHT OUT 2012 A Continent-wide Chimney Swift Roost Monitoring Project ___________________________________________
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Jonestown, TX
· September 7, 2012 · Abandoned cement cistern in northwest corner of FM 1431 and Park Drive intersection in Jonestown, TX (30.4923 N, -97.9242 W) · Scouting for Travis Audubon Society (TAS) field trip and 1st Annual SwiftFest, 3 people · Clear, 91 degrees F, 33% RH (from LCRA HydroMet station at Big Sandy Creek near Jonestown) · First CHSW entered at 7:55 PM CDT, main body started entering at 8:07 PM CDT, most in by 8:10 PM, last CHSW entered at 8:13 PM CDT · 894 CHSWs · September 8, 2012 · Abandoned cement cistern in northwest corner of FM 1431 and Park Drive intersection in Jonestown, TX (30.4923 N, -97.9242 W) · TAS field trip and 1st Annual SwiftFest, ~80 (?) people · Partly cloudy, 79 degrees F, 28% RH (from LCRA HydroMet station at Big Sandy Creek near Jonestown), cold front came through that morning · First CHSW entered at 7:59 PM CDT, last CHSW entered at 8:12 PM CDT · 926 CHSWs Many thanks to Jim Nosler and the FWS folks at the Balcones Canyonlands NWR for all of their hard work organizing a very successful event around “their” Chimney Swifts. It was amazing to see all of those people quietly appreciating birds that they probably knew very little about before this festival. It was great having Chuck Sexton there to introduce us to the Chimney Swifts, and Cathy Harrington’s assistance during the count was much appreciated. Good job, everyone !
Kathy McCormack
Topeka, KS
Date: Sept. 8, 2012 Greenville, SC
Sept 7, 2012. 350 Sept 8. 390 Sept 9 300 Each sighting at 8:00 pm Location: corner of Rhett Street and W. Camperdown Street, Greenville, SC. 29601 Roost is in chimney of vacant building Clear weather I did contact my local Audubon office as you suggested and a local environmental group, Upstate Forever. I don't know that they have any solution to preserving the site from future development but they have been notified. One hindrance to anyone purchasing this vacant building, it is for sale for over a million dollars, I'm sure. For any business to go in there, the building would have to be torn down.
Martha Toy
Whitefish Bay, WI
Number of Swifts counted: 252 Time: 1st bird entered at 7:05 pm and last entered at 7:30 pm Sunset time was 7:11 pm Location: Fox Bay Building, 334 E. Silver Spring Drive, Whitefish Bay, WI 53217 Business (movie theater) Clear, 64 degrees F.
Judith Huf
Asheville, NC
This year we counted 322 chimney swifts, from about 7:50 pm-8:15 pm. This was on Sunday night, September 9, 2012. Location: Asheville, NC. (West Asheville section of town.) The site is a furniture store (Luke Atkinson furniture) with a chimney. It's right beside two moderately busy streets...Brevard Rd and Haywood Rd. Weather was beautiful, felt like fall...clear and cool. (At one point a loud fire engine came by with sirens going and the birds scattered, but came back after about a minute). This count was over 3 times as many as last year, same location!! Thanks for compiling this. We had fun watching and counting!
Sherry Roane
St Joseph, MO
I am reporting 2850 CHSW entering a large chimney at a older former school here at on 18th and Highly. This evening of September 9th between 8:05 & 8:10 p.m. I estimated they entered the chimney at a rate of 10 per second. I reported this location last year.
Brent Galliart Midland Empire Audubon Society
Galena, KS
1205 was the total count of Chimney Swifts 19:34 to 20:02 CST 09-09-12 Galena, Kansas High School, Cherokee County (this is the extreme southeast corner of KS.) High school chimney Clear sky, calm, 65 F.
Lawrence Herbert
Austin, TX
Ridgelea Chimney Swift Tower Eau Claire, WI
51 swifts
Austin, TX
We counted at Brentwood elementary. In north austin. Sunday sept 9. 7:15 to 8:15 pm. 431 birds.
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