Date: 9/3/24 10:04 am From: John <000001eb8d4ee4dc-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Allegheny County - No Chimney Swifts
I was seeing swifts regularly the last few weeks at the mudflats at Boyce Mayview until August 29. On September 1 no swifts. Haven’t seen any the last few days anywhere I birded.
John Flannigan
Allegheny county
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> On Sep 3, 2024, at 12:39 PM, Michael Fialkovich <0000012b4af48ab0-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Mike Fialkovich
> Allegheny County
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> On Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 11:20:52 AM EDT, Ryan Tomazin <wvwarblers...> wrote:
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> All (or the 5 people still using the listserv),
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> 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.
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> 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...
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> Did anyone else in the state lose their swifts overnight?
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> Ryan Tomazin
> Bridgeville, PA
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