The Swifts are returning! A friend who lives near Avenue Rd. and Eglinton told me this evening that 5 or 6 of "her" swifts had returned. I went out on the balcony to have a look, and a lone Chimney Swift was coursing back and forth in front of the rising moon. Directions: 1) Take Avenue Rd. south from the 401 to Eglinton. 2) I am just southeast of the intersection of Yonge St. and the 401. At all times, listen for the "chittering" at the same time as looking for them. Joyce Collier-Brown, North York

I heard (didn't see) them in East York at 11 AM today. On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Joyce Collier-Brown <joycecb@rogers.com> wrote: > The Swifts are returning! > > A friend who lives near Avenue Rd. and Eglinton told me this evening that > 5 or 6 of "her" swifts had returned. I went out on the balcony to have a > look, and a lone Chimney Swift was coursing back and forth in front of the > rising moon. > > Directions: 1) Take Avenue Rd. south from the 401 to Eglinton. 2) I am > just southeast of the intersection of Yonge St. and the 401. At all times, > listen for the "chittering" at the same time as looking for them. > > Joyce Collier-Brown, > North York > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > > >

Tonight I heard and saw 5 of "my" swifts chittering and swooping at the corner of Avenue Rd and Davenport Rd. It's their first night back and the world is good. My goal for the weekend is to find their nesting chimney. Meg O'Mahony Sent from FirstClass with my iPhone