[va-richmond-general] Re: Chimney Swift roost site

["Michael Shapiro" <sc.tanager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One of the dorms at Randolph-Macon in Ashland is (or was when I was there) also 
a roost site. I remember seeing thousands of Chimney Swifts there not long 
after sun rise and not long before sun set. I saw about 100 flying around the 
Three Chopt Village Shopping Center around dusk a couple of weeks ago.
Michael Shapiro
northside
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Bedell 
  To: Richmond birding 
  Cc: conbio@xxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 10:07 PM
  Subject: [va-richmond-general] Chimney Swift roost site


  The past few evenings while going to the Carpenter Center (CCPA) at 6th & 
Grace in downtown Richmond, has been witness to a very large concentration of 
Chimney Swifts.  They are roosting in a chimney behind the facade of the CCPA 
at 6th and Grace.  While going to rehearsal, I and others have been fascinated 
by watching the huge flocks and seeing them drop into this chimney.  I have not 
been able to spend the time getting a count, but I estimate several thousand 
swifts are using this one chimney.  They have been using this same spot for a 
number of years.
  The map on the Center for Cons. Biology doesn't indicate this roost.
  see http://fsweb.wm.edu/ccb/opportunities/swiftwatch/swiftwatch_products.htm

  Paul Bedell

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