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wormfood
Lecanto, FL
(Zone 9a)

October 11, 2008
06:14 PM

Post #5659636

http://birds.suite101.com/article.cfm/facts_about_chimney_sw... I used to raise chimney swifts, what an experience! IF i remember correctly, they ate 1200 mosquitos a night. The Driftwood Wildlife assoc. has plans for a makeshift chimney and a website for reporting sightings for their study. Very interesting stuff.
Sundownr
(Bev) Wytheville, VA
(Zone 6a)

October 11, 2008
06:45 PM

Post #5659708

Wow, wormfood thanks for the info and the link! With a few bats, toads, and swifts, a yard could be picked clean of skeeters in a couple of nights!!

Thanks for reading and posting,
Bev


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