[bcbirdclub] Grundy High - Thousands of Swifts - September 12
- From: Ed Talbott <aquilaet@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Buchanan Birds <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:09:49 -0700 (PDT)
Buchanan Birders,
On Friday, Sept. 12th, a group of birders visited Grundy High School to view
the Chimney Swifts enter the chimney. It turned out to be one of the best
flights that I have seen and an estimated 6,000 swifts used the chimney that
night to roost. I did manage some video of the event which I posted to
YouTube. If you have a high speed connection be sure to click the link just
below the video screen which says, "watch in high quality" (otherwise the
swifts are blurred). The moon was rising above the mountain which I used as a
backdrop in order to see the swifts - which means that I was only filming a
portion of the sky over the school. The video is two minutes long.
Here is the direct link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn92pFcmjB8
Also, for those interested, I took some pictures on Saturday during the
Buchanan County Bird Club Warbler Day. There is also a link to the video from
this page:
http://www.pbase.com/aquilaet/warbler2
Ed Talbott
Grundy, Virginia
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