Next week's count will be on Monday, 5/19, due to the Birdathon Awards Ceremony. We will meet about 8 - 8:15 PM at Whole Foods Market in Bellaire (4004 Bellaire Blvd.).

On May 13 there were 127 swifts at Whole Foods and 11 swifts at Pershing.

On 4/29 we counted 220 swifts at Whole Foods. On 5/6 there were 375 swifts at Whole Foods!

Many swifts have been flying around the waste treatment plant at Beechnut and Newcastle - it is an awesone site at 7:45 - 8:00 PM!

At the end of April we noticed the swifts started a nest in the tower at Russ Pitman Park.

We also started hearing and seeing common nighthawks at the end of April.

The swifts have been entering the chimney about 8 PM.

-- Pam Smolen

Pershing/Whole Foods Swift Counts 2007

Graph prepared by Don Verser and Pam Smolen