Date: 9/3/24 9:39 am From: Michael Fialkovich <0000012b4af48ab0-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Allegheny County - No Chimney Swifts
I usually see swifts until mid-October. Can't say I noticed their disappearance over the weekend. Now I'll have to look. I know I saw them last Saturday.
Mike Fialkovich
Allegheny County
On Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 11:20:52 AM EDT, Ryan Tomazin <wvwarblers...> wrote:
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?
