Date: 9/3/24 8:20 am From: Ryan Tomazin <wvwarblers...> Subject: Allegheny County - No Chimney Swifts
All (or the 5 people still using the listserv),
I just stepped outside at 11:10 a.m. for something, and was struck right away by the lack of any Chimney Swifts. Not a one. They never leave here until mid-late September. I've been monitoring all types of life being 3 weeks ahead this year, and I wonder about the swifts leaving 3 weeks early.
Never mind that there were in fact just about no birds at all, at any distance. I heard the quiet lisp of a House Sparrow twice, and that was it. Utter silence. On a beautiful sunny day...
Did anyone else in the state lose their swifts overnight?
