Just saw a thousand or more chimney swifts diving into the Upper Arlington
High School chimney.  Over the summer we'd observe several hundred at a
time, but this was totally mind blowing tonight.

Andi

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 6:07 AM, Marilyn E Rohr <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> A large number of chimney swifts have joined the handful that roost in our
> school's chimney all summer. I estimate there are 200 or so currently in
> the roost, a significant increase from 20 a week ago. Last year over 800
> were tallied before they departed for South America.
>
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