My turn! Yesterday between 5:25 and 5:45 p.m., while I was riding a
Metrobus home from work, I saw 28 Chimney Swifts between 0.5 mile north
of Lincolnia (Rt. 236) on I-395 and Annandale. All were low to fairly
low overhead. Of the total, 4 were north of Lincolnia, 11 were over
Lincolnia, 5 were between Lincolnia and Annandale, and 8 were over
Annandale. I've never seen such numbers of Chimney Swifts so late ever
before.
John Bazuin
Annanale, VA
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I saw flocks of chimney swifts (groups of 6 to 12) in four different
places in Prince William and Fairfax Counties today - all generally
heading south. I also had a flock of 12 rough-winged swallows and a
purple finch heading south near the Braemar subdivision off Linton Hall
Road in Prince William County.
Yesterday afternoon in the same location, I saw a common raven flying
north over Broad Run and Linton Hall Road. I can't remember ever seeing
ravens in that part of PWC.
Craig Tumer
College Park, MD
SteveYoung@xxxxxxx wrote:
This evening, between roughly 6 to 6:15 PM, I was surprised to see
dozens of chimney swifts over Arlington, from Ballston southwest to
Glencarlyn. They were in small groups averaging 2-4, and the general
movement indeed seemed to be toward the south. This seems almost two
weeks late to me. It would be interesting to see if a lot of them pass
through southside Virginia tomorrow.
Also out and about in large numbers this evening were large flocks of
Robins and Starlings, not so interesting. Cheers,
Steve Young
Arlington
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