Date: 10/10/24 3:41 pm
From: Rob G (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...>
Subject: Swifts on UNC Campus
Nice story tonight on WRAL news about the Chimney Swifts roosting UNC's famed Davie Poplar (according to report the only tree they use in all of NC?):
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wral.com/video/tar-heel-traveler-chimney-swifts/21667519/__;!!OToaGQ!q3lbDz2uAtPSO11m4dpUVm4ZKQyxzBCS-LiH7tVCiKXi4HOpQKTTWzSc8AxXGXaU8__cyO_v4DZ6s4NhokQ$
[https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wwwcache.wral.com/asset/news/local/noteworthy/2024/10/10/21667520/3261326-tht-DMID1-64l2p7nke-640x480.jpg__;!!OToaGQ!q3lbDz2uAtPSO11m4dpUVm4ZKQyxzBCS-LiH7tVCiKXi4HOpQKTTWzSc8AxXGXaU8__cyO_v4DZ6ZUI7Dyk$ ]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wral.com/video/tar-heel-traveler-chimney-swifts/21667519/__;!!OToaGQ!q3lbDz2uAtPSO11m4dpUVm4ZKQyxzBCS-LiH7tVCiKXi4HOpQKTTWzSc8AxXGXaU8__cyO_v4DZ6s4NhokQ$ >
Tar Heel Traveler: Chimney Swifts<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wral.com/video/tar-heel-traveler-chimney-swifts/21667519/__;!!OToaGQ!q3lbDz2uAtPSO11m4dpUVm4ZKQyxzBCS-LiH7tVCiKXi4HOpQKTTWzSc8AxXGXaU8__cyO_v4DZ6s4NhokQ$ >
The Tar Heel Traveler returns from storm coverage with a fascinating display of Chimney Swifts, small birds that this time of year swarm the UNC campus at dusk and roost in a rare 400-year-old tree called the Davie Poplar.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wral.com__;!!OToaGQ!q3lbDz2uAtPSO11m4dpUVm4ZKQyxzBCS-LiH7tVCiKXi4HOpQKTTWzSc8AxXGXaU8__cyO_v4DZ64dBKvE8$

— Rob Gluck.... Carrboro, NC......



 
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