ML620476916
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- Tags
- Habitat; Nest
Media notes
A new Chimney Swift nest site was discovered from the summit of Marcus Garvey Park.
Observation details
#04 1805 CHSW Five north of 124th Street and east of 5th Avenue including 4 flying high and one closer to the park. Merlin Bird ID is reliable. • While looking at the Red-tailed Hawk drifting west there were 2 high-flying swifts in the same FOV. This was just before starting the checklist. • One high and northeast of park circling and feeding on its own then making a beeline towards the west side along 124th Street by 1834. • Two low and south of the William Shea Friendship Ballfield (southwest corner of the park) by 1846. • Plus 4: south of the William Shea Friendship Ballfield by 1850 - 4. • Plus 2: six over the summit by 1852. • Two well west of the park along West 122nd Street by 1859. • Plus 3: five west of the park along West 121st Street by 1903. • Three high and northwest of the park by 1911. • Two were well east of and along the south edge of the park by 1922 seen from the summit. • Four were well south and west of the park seen from the summit by 1925. • Plus 4: At least a dozen seen from the summit both close and distant mainly on the east side through 1945. • 🔲❗️ Newly confirmed nest site. Many were flying around the neighborhood east of the park along East 124th Street, and their focus appeared to be above the sole chimney visible along East 124th Street on the park's east side. One swift appeared to enter the chimney around 2025. After watching the potential nest site continuously for nearly 20 minutes I clearly spotted one entering the roost at 2043 approaching from the downtown side of the chimney. The Chimney Swift roost building is at 116 East 124th Street just west of Lexington Avenue. I found the address based on a photo taken from the summit and a detour before boarding the M101 at East 124th Street and Lexington Avenue brought me to the location. 🔲❗️ Two (2) swifts were observed entering the roost during the count. I observed the roosting swifts with 8.5 x 42 binoculars. The first swift entered the roost during the 4th minute before sunset, and the last entry was during the 14th minute after sunset. This was an incomplete count as this was the first ever documented sighting of a roost from the summit of Marcus Garvey Park. Sunset on June 15th is at 8:29p (2029) [based on NOAA's Map]: • -10' before SS (+1): 2025 • +10' after SS (+0) • +20' after SS (+1): 2043 • +30' after SS (+0) TOTAL = 2 No swifts were seen exiting the roost. The highest entries per minute were singles.
Technical information
- Model
- iPhone 14 Pro
- Lens
- iPhone 14 Pro back triple camera 9mm f/2.8
- ISO
- 50
- Focal length
- 9 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/2.8
- Shutter speed
- 1/99 sec
- Dimensions
- 4032 pixels x 3024 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.43 MB