[wisb] Re: got swifts? Yes! Madison, Dane Co.

From: Tuftedtitmouse2@xxxxxxx
To: sfuller49@xxxxxxxxx, wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:20:42 EDT
Hello Wisbirders,
Thanks to tips about swift roosts in Madison  from Sandy and  Diane, last 
Monday we were able to locate some CHIMNEY SWIFTS and release our  
captive-raised orphaned swifts into a wild flock.  
 
Diane had told us about swifts still roosting in stacks at the MG&E  power 
plant and Sandy had told us about a flock roosting at Blessed Sacrament  
Parish.  We got to Madison late-morning, so we were not too surprised to  not 
see any swifts at either of these roost locations, nor at the Science  
Building at UW, where Mandy, one of the rehabilitators on this trip, remembered 
 
seeing large flocks of roosting swifts during her college days.   
Fortunately, we had spotted a few swifts over Madison East High School on East  
Washington Avenue while we were on the way to the other locations.  We  
back-tracked to the school and were delighted to find about a dozen swifts  
foraging 
over the surrounding neighborhood.  
 
A weedy, open field across the street afforded us the perfect spot to  
release our swifts.  Our seven rescued "kids" zoomed out of their transport  
enclosure and immediately took to coursing tirelessly over the fields,  joined 
quickly by the "wild" swifts.
 
We stayed to watch the festivities for a half-hour or so, savoring the  
success.  The resident swifts should show our guys the ropes and lead them  to 
good foraging and roosting areas, and ultimately...Peru!
 
Thanks also to the e-Birders who entered their swift sightings into e-Bird  
recently.  I used your reported sightings to help plan the release of these 
 swifts.  But ultimately, it was Sandy and Diane's tips that led us to  
Madison and a successful release.
 
Regards,
 
Scott Diehl
State and Federally-licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator
Richfield, Washington Co, and Milwaukee
 
 
In a message dated 9/26/2010 7:43:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
sfuller49@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Hi,
As of this evening (Sunday), there is still a large flock  (several hundred)
of swifts roosting at Blessed Sacrament parish, 2116  Hollister, Madison.
They put on quite an air show before dropping in the  chimney near the
parish parking lot, at about 7 pm.
Sandy  Fuller
Verona, Dane County

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 11:36 PM,  <Tuftedtitmouse2@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello All,
> I know  some fellow wildlife rehabilitators that are looking for CHIMNEY
> SWIFT  flocks into which they can release captive-raised orphaned swifts 
in
>  the
>  next two days.  I can, of course, see what has been  reported on e-Bird,
> but  did any of you see swifts today that you  haven't yet been submitted 
to
> e-Bird?
>
> I don't see any  reports for this month on e-Bird of large flocks of 
swifts
> in SE  WI.  Has anyone been seeing flocks utilizing chimneys in SE WI in  
the
>  last couple of days?
>
> I recall seeing reports  of large flocks of swifts on or near the 
UW-Madison
>  campus last  fall.  Are these happening this year?
>
> Thanks   much!
>
> Scott Diehl
> Richfield, Washington Co. (SE  WI)
>
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