A Swift Night Out, co-sponsored by Whole Foods Market and the Nature Discovery Center, to be held August 26. Details on the Swift Night Out webpage
Spreadsheet with count data and graphs for the Pershing/Whole Foods Market/St. Paul's and Dayton Swift Counts
Aug 12-14 Report: We counted 211 swifts at Whole Foods Market on Tuesday evening. Charles Ottenweller counted 225 swifts at Whole Foods Market on Thursday evening. It is interesting to note that the numbers remained fairly constant from Tues. to Thurs. We might see fluctuations due to migration.
I counted about 20 swifts at the Southwestern Bell building near Richmond and Montrose.
Please join us on Tuesday evenings at Whole Foods Market on Bellaire. We are meeting about 8:00 PM now that the sun is setting earlier.
-- Pam Smolen
Count Locations:
Tips on Counting Swifts by Paul and Georgean Kyle: When counting Chimney Swifts at roosts, the numbers can become overwhelming -- especially as the numbers continue to climb as we move
toward fall migration over the next few weeks. What we have found to work
quite well is to use an athletic lap counter. These are available at most
sporting goods stores. You can tally without taking your eyes off of the
swifts.
When the numbers of swifts are relatively low, a direct count can be made --
one click per swift. At sites where the numbers exceed several hundred (or
the entry rate is high), make one click per 10 swifts and multiply the end
number of clicks by 10 for the total. It works really well if several
counters can average their counts at the end.
Pershing/Whole Foods Market Swift Counts 2008
Graph prepared by Pam Smolen
Pershing/Whole Foods Market/St. Paul's Swift Counts 2007
Graph prepared by Pam Smolen
