Yesterday my son and I went to the impoundment in Lorain and I, too, saw
large numbers of Chimney Swifts above the trees next to the lake and many
warblers feeding in the trees. The target for all were the midges that are
hatching in huge numbers in the lake.
An interesting side story - I talked with someone who works for Avery
Dennison, the label manufacturer, and they REALLY hate the midges because
they can affect production of labels. Think of hundreds of feet of sticky
material running through machines and midges flying around the plant! It's
like the biggest fly paper you have ever seen. AT times the numbers are so
great that they have to shut down production. Maybe if they invited a few
hundred Chimney Swifts into the plant the problem would go away.
Matt Valencic
Chagrin Falls, OH
-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hans
Clebsch
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 5:20 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Fall Migration Edgewater park 10-3-10,
Cleveland_extreme weather
Hi All,
I was at Edgewater park today and also saw the trees by the beach
parking lot loaded with warblers. They responded to pishing and I was
soon surrounded by 30+ warblers. There were also many many Chimney
Swifts (50+) flying in the same area.
The weather is very strange today around Cleveland. There is a low
causing a powerful storm which extends from Virginia to remain parked
diagonally SW-NE parked over Avon. One could see the dark clouds very
near the shore of downtown Cleveland. Winds at Edgewater were very
light from the east(+- 10 knots.) We went to Avon and experienced
easterly gusts above 40 knots. I uploaded a couple of web shots of
the radar here:
http://is.gd/fIYsT
While speaking with the surfers at Edgewater, they said they had not
seen conditions like this in over seven years. There were 7-9 foot
swells coming in at six second intervals. I look forward to hearing
what other birders saw today along the lake (especially west of
Cleveland.)
Best,
Hans Clebsch
Shaker Heights, OH
______________________________________________________________________
Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at
www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.
You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.5.445 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3166 - Release Date: 10/03/10
06:34:00
______________________________________________________________________
Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.
You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]
|
