A SWIFT NIGHT OUT

2003

A Continent-wide Chimney Swift Roost Monitoring Project
Text Box: August Travis County, TX: Chaetura Canyon — 109 / 6 Jonestown, TX: The Carter-Jones Cistern — 685 Brampton, Ontario, Canada: Old Mill — 36 Travis County, TX: Chaetura Canyon — 141 Austin, TX: O’Henry Middle School — 500 Griegsville, N.Y: Public school chimney — 120 Memphis, TN: Elementary School — 426 Travis County, TX: The Castle — 18 Vermillion, SD: University of South Dakota — + 1000 Richland Center, Wisconsin: Multiple sites — 261 Fayetteville, NC: Ashley School — 475 Roseburg, OR: Pottery Shed Chimney — 1 Vaux's Baltimore, MD: Two chimneys — 390 / 654 / 692 Worthington, OH: School chimneys — 218 / 235 McHenry, IL: Residential chimney — 20 Johnson City, TX: Middendorf Ranch — 5 Romeo, MI: Residential chimney — 5 Nashville, TN: Tusculum Elementary School — 310 Roseburg, OR: Residential chimney — 270 Vaux’s Saint Joseph, MO: Church chimney — 220 to 400 Mt. Vernon, IA: Residential chimney — 1 Dayton, OH: Horace Mann Montessori School — +10 Elgin, IL: Church chimney — 325 East Dundee, IL: Bicycle garage building — 87 Driftwood, TX: Water barn towers — 141, 5, 171 Austin, TX: Downtown office chimney — ~ 100 Mount Union, PA: Large chimney on school — 156 Austin, TX: Austin, TX: Elementary school — 2000 Joplin, MO: Apartment building chimney — 365 September Oxford, OH: 17 / 225 / 95 / 1,160 Silverton, OR: 10 year-old chimney — 2-300 Vaux’s New Port Richey, FL: 256 Memphis, TN: Elementary school — 902 Marietta, GA: brick house chimney — 28 Staunton, VA: multiple sites — 17 / 194 / 221 / 144 Walkertown, NC: Walkertown Middle School — 588 Mount Union, PA: School Chimney — 1086 Clarksburg, WV: Residential chimney — 61 Chapel Hill, NC: Multiple sites — 400 / 650 Wright City, Missouri: Middle school chimney — 15 Austin, TX: Chimney Swift towers — 5 / 142 Austin, TX: Chimney Swift towers — 6 / 160 Austin, TX: Chimney Swift towers — 6 / 181 Winston-Salem, NC: ~ 10,000 Austin, TX: Downtown chimney — 93 Madison, WI: Hotel chimney — 95 Wayne, MI: First United Methodist Church — 435 Conway, SC: Residential chimney — 360 Pfafftown, NC: Elementary School chimney — 8,000 Saint Joseph, MO: Church chimney — 760 / 835 Austin, TX: Middle school chimney — 1160 Austin, TX: Chimney Swift Tower — 6 Holland, MI: Church chimney — 184 Portland, OR: 6300 Vaux’s Baltimore, MD: Multiple sites — maximum of 7403 Fredonia, WI: Lumber Company — 470 / 560 Union, OR: High school chimney — 330 Miami, FL: Multiple sites: 70 / 225 / 95 / 236 / 1160 Winston-Salem, NC: ~10000 Johnson City, TX: Chimney Swift Tower — 7 Eureka, MO: Farmhouse chimney — 50 Tyler, TX: Dairy plant smoke stack — 1100 Whitefish Bay, WI: 14 Durham, NC: Church chimney — 97 Kearney, MO: Junior High school — 25 Racine, WI: Brick chimney — 118 Nashville, TN: Elementary school — 197 Vermillion, SD: Smoke stack — ~12 Bellaire, TX: Large chimney — 75 Delaware, OH: National Guard Armory — 1420 Fayetteville, NC: Ashley School — 696 La Grande, OR: Church chimney — 1250 Holt, MO: Chimney Swift Towers — 144 / +10 Raleigh, NC: 4 story chimney — 340 Topeka, KS: Church chimney — ~720 Driftwood, TX: Chimney Swift Tower — 8 Saint Joseph, MO: 1077 Richmond, VA: 1914 brick chimney — ~1000 Lockhart, TX: Recycle center — 725 Baltimore, MD: 390 / 654 / 692 Naples, TX: 18 / 24 Joplin, MO: 365 / 273 Upper Arlington, OH: 30-50 Joplin, MO: 651 Covington, LA: 450 Dublin, OH: 3,800 Wichita, KS: 177 Belvedere, VA: 950 Joplin, MO: 476 St. Joseph, MO: 1300 Davidson, NC: 250 Austin, TX: 50 Griegsville, NY: 550 / 310 Seattle, WA: 2-300 Vaux’s Swifts Buffalo, NY: ~100 Durham, NC: 1200 Attalla, AL: 105 East Dundee, IL: 108 / 90 / 40 Havelock, NC: ~400 Text Box: GUIDELINES Locate a Chimney Swift or Vaux’s Swift roost in your area. On one night over the weekend of August 15, 16, 17, and / or September 5, 6, 7 you observe the roost starting about 30 minutes before dusk and estimate the number of swifts that enter. When you have your number, contact us with your results. Please include the following: Number of swifts counted Time (and time zone) Date Location Address: city, state/province Broad description of the site, e.g. school, warehouse, residence, Chimney Swift Tower, etc. Weather conditions may also be reported. Email Us! We will continue to update the results through the end of September. Thank you for your support of Chimney Swift conservation. We look forward to hearing from you!
Text Box: For detailed information on each report CLICK HERE Text Box: Pre-event August 15 August 16 August 17 August 18-31 Text Box: September 1- 4 September 5 September 6 September 7 Post-event Text Box: Rochester, WI: 48 - 52 Waterford, WI: 220 / 25 Racine, WI: 143 / 86 Clarksville, TN: 350 Charlotte, NC: 350 / 250 Ashville, NC: 2000 Charlotte, NC: +1000 / 500 - 600 Romeo, MI: 225 Thompson, GA: 50 / 30 Oxford, OH: 70 / 225 / 95 / 236 / 600 Memphis, TN: 3322 October Alton, IL: “2 very large flocks” Charleston, WV: 50 / 60 Benton Harbor, MI: “a single swift” Bastrop, TX: “a single swift”

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