Swift Diary 2011

ï¿½	bird 1	bird 2	egg 1	egg 2	egg 3	1st out	2nd out	3rd out	1 fledged	2 fledged	3 fledged
box 1	6/5	17/5	5/6	eggs	clear	or	dead	in	shell	ï¿½	ï¿½
box 2	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box 3	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box 4	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box 5	5/5	7/5	17/5	19/5	21/5	8/6	9/6	ï¿½	week	starting	18/7
box 6	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box 7	3/5	13/5	19/5	21/5	23/5	11/6	12/6	ï¿½	18/7	22/7	ï¿½
box 8	5/5	10/5	17/5	19/5	21/5	8/6	9/6	ï¿½	18/7	19/7	ï¿½
box 9	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box 10	8/5	8/5	gone	or	predated	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box 11	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½

under eave nest boxes

ï¿½	bird 1	bird 2	egg 1	egg 2	egg 3	1st out	2nd out	3rd out	1 fledged	2 fledged	3 fledged
box1	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box2	27/6	7/7	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box3	1/7	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box4	28/6	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box5	2/7	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box6	1/7	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box7	2/7	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box8	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box9	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½

back of the house

ï¿½	bird 1	bird 2	egg 1	egg 2	egg 3	1st out	2nd out	3rd out	1 fledged	2 fledged	3 fledged
box1	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box2	no	interest	this	year	that	I	ï¿½know	of	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box3	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½

(bracketed numbers are dates from previous seasons)

July 31st ï¿½ since their second chick fledged the pair in box 7 have come home each night ï¿½ 9 days

July 24th ï¿½ adults continue to use gable boxes 7 and 8

Under eave nest box activity this year

June 27^th â€“ swift in box 2

June 30^th â€“ swift in box 2

June 30^th â€“ swift in box 4

July 1^st â€“ swift in box 6

July 2^nd â€“ swift in boxes 5, 6 and 7

July 7^th â€“ fight in box 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THR5Qqx8TT0ï¿½after 2 hours http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_1lPNl5yl0

July 10^th â€“ swift in box 2, 3 and 5

July 12^th â€“ swifts in boxes 4 and 5

July 14^th â€“ swift in box 4

July 15^th â€“ fight in box 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xoovoFCx6sï¿½

ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ they stay inside for 4 hours http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzTmFRoNuI0

July 16^th â€“ swift in box 5

July 19^th â€“ swifts in box 4 and 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJp83tzgeOM

July 23rd ï¿½ swifts in boxes 6 and 7

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Boxes 4, 5 and 6 are new this year

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Swift bites the nest mould http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-ZNwDx7Bvk

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July 22nd ï¿½ last chick fledged from box 7 aged 48 days

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July 19th ï¿½ gable box 8 the second chick fledged, before 9am, aged 44 days.

ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ gable box 7 first chick has fledged aged 44 days

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July 20th ï¿½ two chicks fledged from box 5

July 18th ï¿½ gable box 8 the first chick fledged at 21.35 aged 43 days

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July 14th ï¿½ fight in box 5 leads to a new pair. They spend 4 hours in the nest box

July 9th ï¿½ box 1 eggs are a week late. Adults not sitting tight and didnï¿½t come home tonight

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July 7th ï¿½ a new pair in under eave box 2. They start uneasy but in 2.5 hours they are side by side on the nest hollow

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July 2nd ï¿½ This morning at 7.30am there is a swift in box 5 and 7. 6 swift chicks ringed

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July 1st ï¿½ This evening at 10.15pm four birds enter boxes 2, 3, 4 and 6

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June 28th ï¿½ a bird is in under eave box 2 and there is also one in box 4. Each stay approx 20 minutes

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June 27th ï¿½ a new bird looks at under eave box number 2

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