Date: 9/27/25 11:31 am From: Robin Buff <robinbuff...> Subject: Re: Swifts and Scissortails roosting (Rogers)
I have wanted a swift tower in Fayetteville for a long time. There is one
at Cave Springs. where in Fayetteville?
Robin
On Sat, Sep 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM Joseph Neal <joeneal...> wrote:
> Last night (September 26) was a bonanza for watching birds at roosts in
> Rogers:
> SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER At least 20 birds, and probably more, forming
> what appeared to be in several trees and a high utility line near
> intersection of Highway 102 and 2nd Street. We saw them first about 7:01
> and watched until about 7:10. Birds were still out with a lot of vocalizing.
> CHIMNEY SWIFT How many swifts in a huge swirl were there? Probably at
> least 600. Lots of twittering above the sound of Friday night traffic. This
> was in the Rogers Historic District and around 2nd Street and Poplar. We
> saw many swifts when we got into the Historic District at 7:27 PM. Many
> were going into a chimney at 7:40, but still going in at 7:45. It was dark
> by then.
> And last but not least, Doug James always wanted to build a chimney Swift
> tower in Fayetteville area. Should we?
>
>
