http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/ Swallows, Martins & Swifts Worldwide Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:03:48 GMT Porfirio http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7262 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7262 Dear All, I have paid today (November, 8th) my weekly visit to the pallid swift colonies here at Vigo. To my, relative, surprise some pairs are still feeding Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:01:21 GMT Jochem Kuhnen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7261 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7261 Hi Hazel, First of all, welcome to the group! I hope you'll find some things of interest here. Out of curiosity, when you write that Chimney Swifts are all Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:42:01 GMT Edward Mayer http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7260 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7260 Hi Mark, Sand Martins do use nest boxes. Schwegler manufacture a special nest tunnel for them ,and I know of cases where artificial Sand Martin Banks have been Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:31:33 GMT Dick Newell http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7259 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7259 Mark, Click on the blue square at the bottom of this page: http://www.gierzwaluwbescherming.nl/bouw_voorbeelden.html Dick Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:30:30 GMT Mark Smyth http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7258 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7258 Back in the summer I told you about nest boxes being built in to the new library in my town. They have been inspected by birds already. A local bird watcher Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:19:59 GMT Mark Smyth http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7257 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7257 Thanks Amnonn Mark -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 14440 of my spam Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:15:14 GMT Amnonn Hahn http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7256 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7256 Hi Mark I got one photo of the inside, which Ulrich had sent me. However, I am not familiar with the technique as to how to attach it to this post. I will try Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:25:38 GMT Mark Smyth http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7255 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7255 Hi all Does anyone have photos of the inside of this swift tower? I saw some a few months ago but forgot to add the web site to my favourites Thanks Mark -- I Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:27:45 GMT Edward Mayer http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7254 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7254 Hi Dick, You are right about Accent Nene and Kier, but it was Rob Mungovan of the Cambridgeshire local government who started the whole thing off when he got Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:11:48 GMT Hazel Wheeler http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7253 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7253 Hello Edward, First of all, timing: Chimney Swifts start showing up in London, ON in mid-May, and are generally present in the city until the beginning of Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:50:05 GMT Amnonn Hahn http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7252 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7252 This report is fantastic. With such PR, Swifts will stay with us. Great work Dick, Amnonn _____ From: Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide@yahoogroups.com Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:44:10 GMT Joyce Rosson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7251 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7251 This is a wonderful video. So good to see what you all are doing to save your Swifts. What is the rehabber feeding the babies? Joyce Rosson Holt, Mo. USA Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:53:53 GMT gierzwaluwbescherming http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7250 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7250 Thanks a lot for this encouraging film. There is no problem in putting this film on our website? Kind regards, Marleen Andriessen voor ivn afdeling amstelveen Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:23:31 GMT Mark Smyth http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7249 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7249 Thanks Philip. Mark ... From: Philip Heron To: Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 11:02 PM Subject: Re: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:16:20 GMT Jochem Kuhnen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7248 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/message/7248 Hi Phil, Thank you very much for posting the link! Excellent program and I'm glad I got to see it this way. Greetings, Jochem Kühnen, Beek Ubbergen, the