Just to warm everybody up for the spring migration – here’s a clip from the fall of a Coopers Hawk missing out on breakfast (this time).
OK OK, it’s been a long time since our last post, but we were TIRED and in addition busy with some other projects.
BUT – just wanted to alert everybody that spring is on the way, which means the Swifts will be on their way soon! Stay tuned!
All fall we have been doing weekly “Big Saturday” counts along the flyway (you can see our results here).
We now have just two CA sites fighting it out for the who has the “Most Swifts in October” award.
Up in the North Bay, Rusty’s Stacks were given an official Saturday Oct 9th observation by none other than Rusty who clicked off 6,320 Voxies.
We thought that would be it, but now, this just in from Jeff’s Los Angeles apartments. Jeff came up with…………..drum roll………….wait for it………………6,240 Voxies!
Hows that for excitement swift fans?
Check out today’s article in the Oregonian (10/8/10) about the Voxys and our team of 200 volunteers from BC to California monitoring their migration: Volunteers watch over Vaux’s swifts…
Just a reminder of our chimney scene from this last season:
The Voxy count at Frank Wagner is winding down – we’ve had zero swifts for the past few nights. But here’s a picture to remember the glory days – the Voxy count in this picture: 12,2000…
Another in our series of cam clips, courtesy of Curt Young.
We’re getting more video clips ready to show. This one shows the swifties leaving home in the morning, and has a sad ending…
What a guy that Debs Park Audubon Center’s Jeff Chapman is – check out these great stories:
NPR: Thousands of migratory birds descent on downtown LA
And if you are in or near L.A., don’t miss “Birds over Broadway” – this Friday, Sept 24, and next Friday, Oct. 1. Both events begin at 6 p.m. on the top floor of Joe’s Auto Park, 440 S. Broadway.
Rusty, Maggie and the rest of the San Francisco connection are really doing a fantastic job of bringing this “new” roost site in San Rafael, CA to the public’s attention. They also are making friends at the plant and have been welcomed with open arms.
Keep working on this guys. You have something special here.
Hot new Youtube just up on this roost site. Found by, you guessed it, Rusty.
