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. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > -- Andi Wolfe www.AndiWolfe.com ______________________________________________________________________ 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]