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Fwd: Chimney Swifts in Columbia, SC
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Fwd: Chimney Swifts in Columbia, SC
- From: Triovlaif@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 14:14:30 EDT
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
I also live in Columbia in Olympia Village, and we have a large flock here on
Ohio Street. I was just noticing them the other night before the Whaley's
Mill message was posted. They were very active and numerous. I did not see
where they were congregating. Most of the chimneys, if not all, in this
village are not used because they are unsafe--the houses are 100 years old
and the nearby quarry detonates dynamite almost daily, which has undermined
the chimneys. Our house doesn't have a chimney, so we don't host any swifts.
Houses across the street do have chimneys, however, and may host them. I
was thinking about roosts, but I will have to look again to see if I can make
out where they are landing in the evening.
Dick Norwood
http://www.geocities.com/~rnorwood/tnfpexp.htm