On August 8, 2016, I set out to start my fourteenth annual fall Chimney Swift count as swifts select local chimneys for nightly roosting as they work their way to their winter homes in Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and the northwest corner of Brazil. I had previously downloaded a Sun Rise/Set Table from the Astronomical Applications […]
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The day started inauspiciously with a pre-dawn sheet of ice on the roads. It was treacherous enough that some groups didn’t venture out, or began counting later in the morning, after the salt trucks had done their work. Temperatures hovered around the mid-20’s most of the day with a fairly steady northwest breeze. Jim Peoples’
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Summary On December 18, 66 observers sponsored by CAS spent the day counting birds in different areas of Columbus. An icy morning shortened the day for many teams, but not before many of them found good birds. The teams were able to skate to totals of 86 species and 21,262 individual birds. Count Date: December
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Summary On December 31, 2016, 71 observers sponsored by Columbus Audubon spent the day counting birds in northwest Columbus, including areas of Franklin, Delaware and Union Counties. It was a cold day (25 – 36F) and the afternoon winds gusted up to 33 -35 mph, making birding a challenge.  Our 71 observers (5 were between
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Friday, September 9 Dublin: 45 Observers counted an outstanding total of 1,533 swifts at Sells Middle School. Saturday, September 10 Clintonville: Observers counted 305 swifts at Indian Springs Elementary School. Conditions were poor, with a light but steady rain and heavy overcast making for a gloomy evening. The flock assembled very quickly and very early: a rather
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Friday, August 12 Clintonville: 18 observers (hey, great turnout!) counted 314 swifts at Bishop Watterson HS and 440 at Dominion Middle School. Dublin: Observers counted a great total of 1,124 swifts at Sells Middle School; they also noted 1 Big Brown B and 7 Little Brown Bats, all of which were chased away by the swifts. Saturday, August 13 Clintonville: Observers
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