Date: 9/3/24 2:12 pm From: Russ Ruffing <russruffing...> Subject: Re: Allegheny County - No Chimney Swifts
I’m sitting on my deck in Maryland right now and there’s at least 300
swifts in view as I scan with my bino to the east.
On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 11:20 AM 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?
>
> Ryan Tomazin
> Bridgeville, PA
>
