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Chimney Swift images © Greg Lavaty
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Swifts Over Dayton
Spreadsheet with count data and graphs for the Pershing/Whole Foods/St. Paul's and Dayton Swift Counts
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Aug 28 Report: Tonight we counted 558 swifts as they went to roost in the old rice dryer
in Dayton. Each week the number of swifts going into the rice dryer have
dramatically increased. Ten folks joined us this week to help count.
We meet Thursday evenings at the northeast corner of Hwy 321 and FM 1960 in the bank parking lot. Bring binoculars and lawn chairs.
Previous Numbers:400+ (8/14), 323 (8/9), 300+ (8/7), 231 (7/31), 236 (7/24), 226 (7/17), 203 (7/10), 192 (7/3),224 (6/26) 181 (6/19), 146 (6/12), 136 (6/5), 96 (5/29).
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Dayton Rice Dryer images courtesy of Stuart Marcus Background: We hope to count Chimney Swifts at the old American Rice Growers Association rice dryer in Dayton each Thursday and would welcome anyone who would like to join us. We meet at the northeast corner of Hwy 321 and FM 1960 in the bank parking lot. Bring binoculars, a lawn chair, and be prepared to count over 200 swifts as they dart into the rice dryer. They don't call them "swifts" for nothing.
--Barbara Tilton
Dayton Swift Count 2008
Graph prepared by Pam Smolen
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