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8-30-19 - Rachel, my guide to the swift chimneys of Chehalis
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8-20-19 - Downtown Chehalis
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8-30-19 - The "eyes" that Rachel uses as a landmark
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8-30-19 - What turned out to be tonight's best swift chimney on this building, the "Totally Pawsome"
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8-30-19 - You can just barely see the chimney sticking up from this view
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8-30-19 - The Pawsome chimney from the side view
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8-30-19 - Prindle chimney, still ugly even from afar
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8-30-19 - The Prindle chimney, ugliest by far, but has attractive to swifts in the past
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8-30-19 - Have to have longer legs than Rachel's to walk up to this door
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8-30-19 - The chimney on the back of the Pawsome building, looks like it might have a plug in it
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8-30-19 - The Pallas chimney, the first chimney that Rachel noticed
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8-30-19 - View from downtown bench: Pink pointer on Rachel's balcony, the Pallas chimney, the Pawsome chimney, and Rachel watching them
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8-30-19 - The Pawsome chimney from another angle
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8-30-19 - Nice weather, but weird clouds
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8-30-19 - "X" marks the sky spot in downtown Chehalis
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8-30-19 - I sat tight and waited for this! Swifts into the Awesome Pawsome chimney!
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8-30-19 - Rachel assigns me to watch the Pawsome chimney, and swifts start to go into it!
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8-30-19 - And more swifts enter. Some of them seem to be making "vroom" noises!
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8-30-19 - A really fun night with almost 50 going into this chimney and more elsewhere for Rachel to chase
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8-30-19 - After swifts go in, it's time for nocturnal animals to come out, such as Rachel's pet, Denzie
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8-30-19 - Rachel shows where she was on her balcony when she first saw swifts swirl