i am pretty sure i was photographing them back in 2004, and reasonably sure
i knew about them earlier (a few years before, i was living within two miles
of the school, and had been for years)... has anyone checked the local
paper or asked the school's maintenance team?

00 caren
http://www.parkgallery.org
george davis creek, north fork

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 09:44, Penny Koyama <plkoyama at verizon.net> wrote:

> Larry,
> The first year I went there was 9/04. By way of "documentation" on that, I
> have a couple of saved postings in my Tweeters file from 9/05--one was from
> Bob Meyer ("BobnBernie") who sent a digital camera recording of the swifts
> entering the chimney. In that posting I referred to more swifts in '05 than
> when I went there the previous year. In 9/05 we took some novice birding
> friends with us, but in 9/04 we went on our own. Brian Bell was there in
> '04 and we attempted to estimate the swifts by groups of one hundred and
> came up with more than 3000. If I remember correctly, Brian was taking
> photos. In '05 by the same method, I estimated over 4,000. I don't
> remember whether or not '04 was the first year it was posted. I recall,
> though, that the Tweeter who first posted commented that he was on his way
> home, maybe from the Two Rivers area, via Main Street and came upon the
> Vaux's Swift scene. Was is Ollie Oliver? Ollie, are ya' out there?
> Penny Koyama, Bothell
> plkoyama at verizon.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Schwitters" <
> lpatters at ix.netcom.com>
> To: <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:50 PM
> Subject: [Tweeters] Monroe school Vaux's history
>
>
> Tweeters,
>>
>> The first I was made aware of the big swift swirl in Monroe was a Tweeters
>> post in August or September of maybe 2006. Can any of you old timers nail
>> it down?
>>
>> Larry Schwitters
>> Issaquah
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