Last night we just happened to be driving between social engagements, passing through downtown Zanesville in the late dusk, when I noticed considerable numbers of chimney swifts swirling, around the GOSS company building at Marietta Street and the 6th Street bridge, adjacent to the canal and river. I was driving, so detailed observation was not an option, as correctly advised by my passenger wife, Jane. There appear to be a couple old chimneys in the vicinity, and I do not know exactly which was the focus of the activity, but this was classic chimney swift roosting behavior. I would say there were around a couple hundred birds. If I have time, some evening soon I will drive the ten or twelve miles into town to check this out in greater detail. Bob Evans Geologist, etc. Hopewell Township, Muskingum County ______________________________________________________________________ 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]