The numbers were way down tonight. The rain also seemed to have changed their behavior. Rather than circling for an extended period, they seemed eager to go to roost. It was raining so I couldn’t record them like I would have liked. I suspect the number of swifts was around 160 tonight.

Once the weather is better it will be interesting to see if the numbers go back up, or if with our northerly winds, the Chimney Swifts have migrated south. Last year, we had good numbers until the third week of October.