Date: 9/3/24 12:01 pm From: Grove, Deborah Shuey <dsg4...> Subject: Re: Allegheny County - No Chimney Swifts
Well, even if you might think there are only 5 people on the listserv, there are 1535 still listed as subscribers with about 400 set to No Mail with some of those I notice are no longer with us.
Deb
From: Bird discussion list for Pennsylvania <PABIRDS...> on behalf of Ryan Tomazin <wvwarblers...>
Date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 11:20 AM
To: pabirds <PABIRDS...>
Subject: [PABIRDS] 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?
