Re: chimney swift mid-afternoon swirling

Lake Park Birders,

The Chimney Swift experts in Texas replied about some
interesting behavior that Lenore Lee observed here in Milwaukee.

--- Paul Hunter
http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
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On Aug 11, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Paul D. and Georgean Kyle wrote:

Paul,

You may be seeing swifts arriving from more northern breeding
grounds. They are probably flying low to check out potential
roosting sites. We will see that behavior here in a few weeks.

Best Regards,

Paul and Georgean

Paul D. and Georgean Z. Kyle
Driftwood Wildlife Association
1206 West 38th, Suite 1105
Austin, Texas 78705

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hunter" <phunter1@wi.rr.com>
To: "Paul and Georgean Kyle" <dwa@austin.rr.com>
Cc: "Lenore Lee" <lenorelef@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 1:05 PM
Subject: chimney swift mid-afternoon swirling

> Paul and Georgean Kyle,
>
> A friend here in Milwaukee noted 200 swifts swirling in the mid-
> afternoon. I have never seen or read about that. Any thoughts?
>
> --- Paul Hunter
> http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
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>
> On Aug 9, 2009, at 9:31 AM, Lenore Lee wrote:
>
> So would you call it swarming behavior!? It was very powerful.
> There are several chimneys on the high rise buildings, but it
> didn't seem as if they were entering them, just flying in a vast
> swift mass.
>
> Thx,
>
> Lenore Lee
>
> You get out of life what you put into it.
>
> --- On Sat, 8/8/09, Paul Hunter <phunter1@wi.rr.com> wrote:
>
> From: Paul Hunter <phunter1@wi.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: chimney swift count, 8/7, Shorewood Wisconsin
> To: "Lenore Lee" <lenorelef@yahoo.com>
> Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 1:28 PM
>
> Interesting. That seems way too early to be roosting behavior.
> Check out your neighborhood for old big tall chimneys often in
> alleys with no cap or cage blocking them. Then go back to those
> chimneys a half hour before sunset in late August and early
> September.
>
> --- Paul Hunter
> http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
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>
> On Aug 8, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Lenore Lee wrote:
>
> I live on Farwell and Brady. At about 1 pm on Friday, I saw over
> 200 chimney swifts between Farwell and Prospect. They continued to
> circle, in diminishing numbers until after 2:00. Is this normal?
>
> Lenore Lee