Hi folks, Susie Stout can't seem to get an email to post on TN-birds (neither can Meredith Clebsch, or a couple other people - maybe there is a problem?) so I'm forwarding this for her. Charlie Hi Charlie, I don't know how common this is, but I thought some area birders might be interested. I would post it to the TN-Bird list myself but for some reason my posts are not going through. Will you post it for me? I noticed at my church that we have a massing of chimney swifts. (Could this be the true meaning of "sanctuary"?) They are roosting in a large chimney just below the bell tower. Must be 1000s in there because close to dusk there is a large flock spiraling around the area. I don't know what time it starts... by 7:35 p.m., there were lots going in and the last two or three went in at 7:49 p.m. I'm going to try to head over there just before dawn in the morning and maybe get some pix. I looked it up on the internet and this behavior can last a couple of weeks or so. If anyone wants to watch, it's at 900 Northshore (right next to the big military cemetary at Lyons View) at the Church of the Ascension. The best places to watch from is around back or possible the north side. I think the view from the front would be obstructed by the bell tower. I may try to run by at 7:00 p.m. also to see how big a flock is there at that time. I first saw it last Wednesday and tried to post but couldn't. I sent it directly to Wallace also and didn't get a response. Nor did I get a response from him about me being unable to post. It didn't occur to me to send it to you to get it on there. Susie Stout 531-2860 cell 386-7554 8324 High Lark Lane 37923 FAX 531-2836 ===== ************************************************** Charlie Muise, Naturalist near Great Smoky Mountains National Park "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer." -Edward Abbey ************************************************** _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================