Shorewood, Wisconsin Swift Count 9/13

Lake Park birders,

My report to the organizers of the annual Swift Night Out is below.

--- Paul Hunter
http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
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From: Paul Hunter <phunter1@wi.rr.com>
Date: September 19, 2009 5:58:41 AM CDT
To: Paul and Georgean Kyle <dwa@austin.rr.com>
Subject: Shorewood, Wisconsin Swift Count

Number of swifts counted: 155

Time (and time zone): 6:45 - 7:15 PM, central
Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Address: city, state/province: southwest Corner of Maryland and
Capitol in Shorewood, Wisconsin
Broad description of the site, e.g. school, warehouse, residence,
Chimney Swift Tower, etc.: - Apartment bld 5 stories high - chimney
in the southwest corner
Weather conditions may also be reported. - clear, calm, about 65
degrees Fahrenheit

Six of us gathered at the corner of Capitol Drive and Maryland Avenue
and waited anxiously as we saw only a few swifts very high on this
clear, calm, seasonably temperate evening. A Peregrine Falcon flashed
past over St Roberts church. It wasn't till a couple minutes past
sunset till a flock of 155 swifts started purposefully swirling
around the chimney in the southwest corner of the apartment building
on the southwest corner of Capitol Drive and Maryland Avenue.