There is free parking in Wolfville. Stopped on Waterfront Road in front of a chimney sticking out of a roof. Thinking that there could be an info map on the bulletin board I approached the chimney. No map to help find the Botanical Garden but masses of info about Chimney Swifts. And all the time I thought they were Swallows! from " The Swift is “A bird best identified by silhouette. The smudge-grey Chimney Swift nimbly manoeuvres over rooftops, fields, and rivers to catch insects. Its tiny body, curving wings, and stiff, shallow wingbeats give it a flight style as distinctive as its fluid, chattering call. This enigmatic little bird spends almost its entire life airborne. When it lands, it can’t perch—it clings to vertical walls inside chimneys or in hollow trees or caves. This
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