A SWIFT NIGHT OUT

2007

A Continent-wide Chimney Swift Roost Monitoring Project
Text Box: Little Rock, AR: Big Mac building - ~300 Lombard, IL: Sacred Heart Church - 150 to 200 Travis County, TX: Chaetura Canyon Tower - 223 Austin, TX: O’Henry Mid. School - 650 Springfield Township, MI: Anderson El. School - 24 ~Canby, OR: Residential chimney - 30 Vaux’s Austin, TX: Great Hills Park CHSW Tower - 12 Saint-Georges de Beauce, QC: Com. Chimney - 155 New Castle, PA: Residential Chimney - 4 Somers, CT: Kibbe Fuller School - 17 Spotsylvania, VA: Residential chimney - 4 Greenwood, IN: North Grove El. School - 40 Morehead City, NC: West Carteret H.S - 300 Elkhart, IN: Free-standing chimney - 0 Elkhart, IN: Catalog Center Bldg. - 356 Westfield Center, OH: Westfield Center Elem. - 515 Lothian, MD: Jug Bay Wetlands Sanct. Chimney - 3 Calallen, TX: Residential chimney - 105 Palm Coast, FL: Residential chimney - 4 to 5 Adamsville, OH: Residential chimney - 45 Orlando, Fl: Residential chimney - 50 Havelock, NC: Arthur Edwards Elem. - 400 Mars, PA: Mars United Presbyterian Church - 107 Alexandria, PA: Residential chimney - 5 Elkhart, IN: Duracool factory bldg. - 2 Galen, OH: United Methodist - 1600, 1860, 1890 Quebec, QC: Commercial chimney - 89 Nevada, IA: Commercial chimney - 473 Brenham, TX: Residential chimney - 75 to 100 Holland, MI: warehouse chimney - 345, 360 Muscotine, IA: Apartment chimney - 60 to 70 Saint Adolphe, MB: Commercial chimney - 3 Emlenton, PA: Crawford Bldg. - 650 Ft. Walton Beach, FL: Residential chimney - 24 Austin, TX: Residential chimney - 5 Front Royal, VA: unknown chimney - 280 Topeka, KS: Church chimney - 190 [302] Henry County, AL: Residential chimney - 13 Blanco County, TX: CHSW tower - 2 Geneseo, NY: York Central School ~ 185 West Milton, OH: Milton Union El. School - 100 Austin, TX: Antique Marketplace - 695 Austin, TX: Residential Chimney - 6 Temiscaming, QC: Catholic Church - (3) Rock Rapids, IA: Residential chimney - 75 Richmond, VA: Thom. Jefferson HS - 1,100 Richmond, VA: U. of Richmond, Ryan Hall - 50 Dayton, OH: Warehouse chimney - 255 Vandalia, OH: Morton JHS - 375 London, ON: Multiple sites (see reports) - 533 Racine, WI: Commercial chimney - 68 Pittsburg, KS: Multiple sites (see reports) - 328 Omaha, NE: Warehouse chimney - 328 Delaware, OH: National Guard Armory - 661 Libertyville, IL: Masonic Hall - ~500 Dunwoody, GA: Residential chimney - ~123 Middleton, NS: Chimney - ~300 Front Royal, VA: Commercial chimney - 500+ Tawas City, MI: Multiple sites (see reports) Elkhart, IN: Elkhart Central HS - 280 Wimberley, TX: Chimney Swift Tower - 0 Middleburg, VA: Residential Chimney - 10 Oxford, OH: Commercial chimney - 0 Portsmouth, OH: In flight - 100 to 150 Abbeville, AL: Residential Chimney - 13 Saint-Jean-Baptiste, MB: Rectory Chimney - 4 Wolfville, NS: Robie Tufts Nature Center - 29/16 Belfast, ME: Brick chimney - 41 Racine, WI: Multiple sites - 26/68 (see reports) Bristol, CT: Old school chimney - 58 New Glasgow, NS: School chimney - 43 Louisville, KY: Ascension School chimney - 20 Louisville, KY: Jewish Community Center - +500 Bellaire, TX: Whole Foods chimney - 383 Kenduskeag, ME: Residential chimney - 7 Owen Sound, ON: Old Courthouse - 20 to 30 Hutchinson, MN: Residential chimney - 55 Oxford, CT: Elementary School - “hundreds” Galena, KS: Liberty Elm. School - 393 Naperville, IL: Elmwood School - +100 Westerville, OH: Chimney Swift Tower - 5 or 6 Galena, KS: Liberty Elem. School - 554 Houston, TX: Sutton Elem. School - 110 Bryn Athyn, PA: School Chimney - 400 to 500 Delaware, OH: National Guard Armory - 233 Spartanburg, SC: Elem. School - 7 / 9 / 6 Shepherdstown, WV: Shepherd Univ. - 470 Baltimore, MD: Multiple - 940 / 313 / 846 / 660 / 150 Dowagiac, MI: Borgess-Lee Mem. Hospital - 520 Oldenburg, IN: Retirement home chimney - 2300 Front Royal, VA: Multiple sites - high # 452 Pella, IA: Pella Community Center - ~450 Jonestown, TX: Old Cistern - 1750 New Martinsville, WV: Church Chimney - 460 Abilene, TX: Residential Chimney - 178 Elkhart, IN: Residential Chimney - 134 Spotsylvania, PA: Residential Chimney - 3 Hew Hope, TX: Residential Chimney - 8 Conway, SC: Residential Chimney - 98 Austin, TX: CHSW Tower - 10 Clemmons, NC: Commercial Chimney - 5500 Bellaire, TX: Whole Foods - 417 Clarksburg, WV: Residential Chimney - 73 West Chester, PA: Residential Chimney - 200 Austin, TX: Great Hills Park CHSW Tower - 12 Text Box: GUIDELINES Locate a Chimney Swift or Vaux’s Swift roost in your area. On one night over the weekend of August 10, 11, 12, and / or September 7. 8. 9 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! Garland, TX: Residential Chimney - 35 New Martinsville, WV: Residential - 20 Alexandria, VA: Boiler Chimney - 242 Kewaunee, WI: Brewery Chimney - 120 Myrtle Beach, SC: Church - 100+ North Bennington, VT: Commercial - 60 Pittsburg, KS: Multiple - 590 Dayton, OH: Warehouse - 750 Vandalia, OH: Morton JHS - 1250 Holt, MO: CHSW Towers - 25 London, ON: Multiple - 2553 Falls Church, VA: Jackson MS - ~4000 Memphis, TN: Commercial - 4007 West Milton, OH: Milton-Union ES - 276 Ft. Walton Beach, FL: Residential - 21 Southern Pines, NC: Commercial - 300 Lyman, SC: Residential - 354 Tawas City, MI: 0 Austin, TX: O’Henry MS - 2600 Elkhart, IN: Multiple - 5 / 130 Milwaukee, WI: Apartment Chimney - 50 Milwaukee, WI: School Chimney - 8 Nashville, TN: School Chimney - 0 Griegsville, NY: School Chimney - 750 Austin, TX: Commercial Chimney - 1007 Holly Springs, MS: Commercial - 171 Johnson, City, TX: Pedernales Falls - 2 Elkhart, IN: Multiple sites (see reports) Newburg, OR: res / com - 3000 Vaux’s Ridgewood, NJ: School Chimney - 770 Pittsburg, KS: Multiple sites (see reports) Joplin, MO: School chimney - 1050 Cameron, MO: Comm. Chimney - 1000s Westtown, PA: School Chimney - 36 Austin, TX: CHSW Tower - 13 Baltimore, MD: Comm Chimney 505 / 234 Miami, FL: Residential - 5 Alexandria, PA: Residential - 1 Ft. Gibson, OK: Commercial - ~10,000 Durham, NC: unknown roost site - ~45 Wentzville, MO: Residential - +30 Staunton, VA: Multiple sites (see reports) Spartanburg, SC: Multiple (see reports) Arlington, OH: Hastings Mid School 60-70 Raleigh, NC: NCSU - 711, 790, 539 Lancaster, OH: Residence - ~70 New Castle, PA: Residence - 222 Holt, MO: CHSW Tower - 150 Waycross, GA: Apartment - 888 Oklahoma City, OK: Commercial - +1000 Silver Spring, MD: Elem. School - 40-50 Corpus Christi, TX: Multiple (see reports) Rockingham, NC: Commercial - 600
Text Box: For detailed information on each report CLICK HERE Text Box: Pre-event August 10 August 11 August 12 August 13-31 Text Box: September 1– 6 September 7 September 8 September 9 Post-event Text Box: Last Update: 11-04-2007

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