[TN-Bird] Chimney Swifts in Downtown Knoxville
- From: Dan Ellsworth <ellsy10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-birds Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:30:26 -0500
Last night just after 5:00 PM as the skies darkened just before it began
to rain again I saw at least 2500 Chimney Swifts in downtown
Knoxville. That is a conservative count. I have worked downtown for
ten years and this was the largest number I have noticed around this
time of day. It is surprising to me because it seems a late in October
for those numbers. The normal numbers I see which is usually a small
fraction of yesterday's count have been declining substantially over the
last couple weeks. Perhaps this is one last push south with all the
crazy weather we have had? I am guessing with the rain about to come in
they may have been staging early for some of the usual Knoxville
roosting locations. I had to pick up my son so unfortunately I could
not stay to confirm exactly where they went.
Dan Ellsworth
Knox County, Tennessee
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