Darlene Sillick has been reporting on her counting of the Chimney Swifts at the 1919 Building of Sells Middle School on Rt. 33/161 in the center of Dublin. Hundreds of Swifts gather at dusk in a noisy "traffic circle", and drop into a disused chimney for the night. I dropped over with my camera Tuesday night, and enjoyed the sight. A few images are posted at: http://www.k8nd.com/Local_Critters/Photos_ChimneySwift/index.htm, but still photos cannot convey the exciting experience! Darlene has an article about the Chimney Swifts in the latest Columbus Audubon "Song Sparrow" newsletter, and her full article is on the web at: http://www.columbusaudubon.org/chimney_swift_article.html. Jeff Maass http://www.k8nd.com/LocalCritters.htm http://www.k8nd.com/CuracaoCritters.htm ______________________________________________________________________ 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]