[TN-Bird] Re: 1,500 swifts near Radnor Lake
- From: Melinda Welton <weltonmj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jonathan.m.gendzier@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 08:15:53 -0500
Jonathan
Thank you for your post. I expected that chimney was an active roost because
on my way to the Overton High School on the 25th I saw a few birds flying
low over the chimney at sunset.
What time were you there? Sunset last night was at 6:33pm. Most all of the
birds would have entered the chimney between 6:50 and 7:10, with the
majority dropping in during the last 5 minutes.
Interestingly, last night I checked a couple of roosts on West End Avenue.
First I went to the Royal Oaks Apartments which has an excellent looking
chimney. There were only a few birds flying around at 6:40 and only 3
individuals went into the chimney before 7pm, the others disappeared.
Usually, the numbers of birds would have continued to grow. So, I quickly
drove down to two other known roost sites at the West End Middle School and
the Wellington Arms Apartments. I was there before 7:10 and there were no
swifts to be seen.
Could the birds at those roosts have migrated in the last couple of days?
There is so much we don't know about these birds.
Jonathan, if you can go back to the Colonial Bread Co. during that window
between 6:50 and 7:10, I'd love to know how many birds are there. The best
way to count swifts is as they enter the chimney. I usually start counting
by groups of 5 and then switch to 10s as the birds pour in. If the roost is
huge, I count by groups of 25 birds.
Melinda Welton
Franklin, TN
> From: Jonathan Gendzier <jonathan.m.gendzier@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: <jonathan.m.gendzier@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:56:38 -0500
> To: Melinda Welton <weltonmj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: tnbird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: 1,500 swifts near Radnor Lake
>
> Tonight, just before dark, I watched large numbers of swifts - in the hundreds
> - circling over 8th Avenue South where it intersects with Craighead. Many flew
> down at the chimney of the Colonial Bread Co., but I did not see a single
> swift enter the chimney. Large groups of swifts were also heading off to the
> west and south (the direction of the high school).
>
> Jonathan Gendzier
> Nashville
>
>
>
>> On Sep 25, 2014, at 9:56 PM, Melinda Welton <weltonmj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I may have found the source of the >50 Chimney Swifts seen skimming the
>> surface of Radnor Lake State Natural Area each morning for the last while.
>> John Overton High School on Franklin Road, east of Radnor, has a tall
>> chimney, >100', where 1,480 Chimney Swifts went to roost tonight night.
>>
>> Sunset was at 6:38 Central Time. When I arrived at the school at 6:40 there
>> were just a few swifts in view but they were flying low and occasionally
>> over the chimney. The numbers continuously grew and the first swift went
>> into the chimney at 6:55. The numbers continued to swell until there was a
>> chittering vortex that funneled into the chimney like reverse smoke. The
>> show was over by 7:15.
>>
>> Melinda Welton
>> Franklin, TN
>>
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