This is from Geneseebird-L about reporting Chimney Swifts for and accessing info about them from a major study. --Dave Nutter
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 1:22:12 +0000 From: <lj...@rochester.rr.com> To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] York: Chimney Swifts Message-ID: <20100422012213.usdj3.382044.r...@hrndva-web09-z02> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Prompted by David Gordon's Chimney Swift report from Buffalo, I went over to check the York school this evening. Right after I got there, about 7:45 pm, I saw 2 Chimney Swifts flying about over the chimney. It's possible others may have shown up later, but these were the only ones I saw. I came back to Geneseo to see if I could see or hear any over Main St., but I didn't. I would guess they'll show up in the next couple days - Geneseo usually seems to be a day or two later than York in this regard. On the way over to the York school I saw a Wild Turkey and heard a Pileated Woodpecker along Peoria Rd. The Trumpeter Swans were not in the wet spot near Cuylerville. There was a farmer working in the adjacent field, which would probably scare anything off of that spot. Those reporting first Chimney Swift arrivals may want to report them to the Chimney Swift study folks in Texas: www.chimneyswifts.org (e-mail d...@austin.rr.com). Their web site has lots of interesting material on swifts and their preservation, as well as North American-wide charting of arrival dates. Jim Kimball -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
