This time of year, when chimney swifts impress us with their evening gyrations, often brings to mind the work of Ralph Dexter, a scientist at Kent State University, whose work over many years on the chimney swift has informed us all. A search for "kent state university chimney swift" will lead to innumerable pronouncements from the University's legal offices about the sanctity of their various logos, but you can find a representation in the list. Actually, it is more convenient to search a web site about swifts at http://www.wiswifts.org/ , from a scientist who learned about swifts in Cleveland. Look for one of Dexter's articles from the Ohio Journal of Science at http://www.ksualumni.org/s/401/index.aspx?sid=401&gid=1&pgid=260&cid=1687&ecid=1687&crid=0&calpgid=15&calcid=1006 . Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]