A SWIFT NIGHT OUT

2008

A Continent-wide Chimney Swift Roost Monitoring Project
Text Box: Bellaire, TX: Whole Foods - 27 Bellaire, TX: Pershing Middle School - 38 Travis County, TX: Chaetura Canyon Tower - 197 Dayton, TX: Old Rice Drier - 231 Clinton, TN: Hollow trees - 8 Rochester, NY: Urban School - 11 Palm Shores, FL: Residential Chimney - 2 Winterset, IA: Winterset Middle School - 174 Florence, AL: Residential Chimney - 12 Kewaunee, WI: Old Brewery Smoke Stack - 140 Morehead City, NC: West Carteret H. School - ~500 Stonewall, NC: Pamlico Middle School - ~300 Jonestown, TX: Old Concrete Cistern - 1099 Athen, TX: Residential Chimney - 103 Austin, TX: O’Henry Middle School - ~1000 Elkhart, IN: Boris Smoler Factory Chimney - 12 Saint-Georges de Beauce, QC: Comm. Chimney - 239 Elkhart, IN: Residential Chimney - 145 LaGrange, TX: LaGrange Middle School - 630 Dallas, TX: Dallas County Extension Office - 375 Shepherdstown, WV: Shepherd University - 313 Johnson City, TX: 2 Chimney Swift Towers - 4 Trois-Rivières , QC: Commercial Chimney - 16 Mayville, ND: Commercial Chimney - 26 Houston, TX: Sutton Elementary School - 142 Dayton, OH: Lincoln Storage Warehouse - 20 Port Republic, VA: Residential Chimney - 8 Travis County, TX: Chaetura Canyon Tower - 178 Garland, TX: Residential Chimney - 23 Havelock, NC: Arthur Edwards Elem. School - ~600 Elkhart, IN: Strauss Pie factory - 368 St. Paul, MN: Randolph Heights Elem. School - 132 Galena, OH: Galena Methodist Church - 1320 Delaware, OH: National Guard Armory - 23 Delaware, OH: Gym / Ohio Wesleyan U. - 343 Golden Valley, MN: Commercial Chimney - 33 Roseburg, OR: One-story Chimney - 237 Vaux’s Dayton, TX: Old Rice Drier - 323 Oldenburg, IN: Convent Chimneys - 557, 159 Nobel, ON: Nobel School - 6 Austin, TX: Commercial Chimney - 395 Grand Rapids, MI: Riverside Middle School - 249 Austin, TX: Great Hills Chimney Swift Tower - 10 Milford Center, OH: Residential Chimney - 3 Greer, SC: Starlight Ballroom - 115 Sutherlin, OR: Residential Chimney - ~5 Spotsylvania, VA: Residential Chimney - 6 Smithville, VA: G.W. Delk Dept. Store - ~160 Newton, KS: Commercial Chimney - 487 Shorewood, WI: Apartment Bldg. Chimney - 25 Rochester, MN: Residential Chimney - 8 Eminence, MO: Residential Chimney - 6 Austin, TX: O’Henry Middle School - 1277 Fort Walton Beach, FL: Residential Chimney - 60 Pittsburg, KS: Westside School - 329 Dallas, TX: Dallas County Extension Office - 375 Austin, TX: Shoal Creek Chimney Swift Tower - 8 Wolfville, NS: Robie Tufts CHSW Tower - 16 / 20 McGowan Lake, NS: Chimney saved for Swifts - 0 Homer. LA: Homer Elementary School - 500 Homer, LA: Masonic Lodge - 45 Greigsville, NY: York Central School - 72 Sutherlin, OR: Residential - nesting Vaux’s Austin, TX: O’Henry Middle School - 1277 Fort Walton Beach, FL: Residential - 68 / 0 Kenosha, WI: Roosevelt Theater - 42 Wichita Falls, TX: Rider High School - 130 Greensburg, PA: Commercial Chimney - 75 / 80 Brampton, ON: Commercial Chimney - 36 Racine, WI: Small Commercial Chimney - 43 Racine, WI: Racine Water Department - 9 Ashville, NC: Unused Boiler Chimney - 96 Dayton, TX: Old Rice Drier - +400 Elkhart, IN: Old Rice School Tower - 115 Oakman, GA: Chimney Swift Tower - 4 / 1 Winterset, IA: Chimney Swift Tower - 5 Tullahoma, TN: Tullahoma High School - 387 Westtown, PA: Westtown School - 45 Houston, TX: Commercial Chimney - 211 / 225 / 20 River Forest, IL: Residential Chimney - 3 Staten Island, NY: NYS Armory - 30 to 40 Holland, MI: Commercial Chimney - 94 / 96 / 162 Eugene, OR: Residential Chimney - ~200 Vaux’s New Glasgow, NS: Temperance St. School - 74 / 62 South Pines, NC: Commercial Chimney - ~100 Austin, TX: AFL - CIO Bldg. - 565 Penisula, OH: Woodridge Intermediate School - 480 North Richland Hills, TX: Richland High School - 15 Parma, OH: Dentzler Elementary School - 319, 287 Dayton, TX: Old Rice Drier - 558 Joplin. MO: North Middle School - 250 Cleveland. OH: Lonnie Burton Rec. Center - 50 Staunton, VA: Stuart Hall High School - 2215 Dayton, TX: Old Rice Drier - 215 Brunswick, ME: Commercial Chimney - 121 Wheeling, WV: Bridge Street Middle School - 1965 Midlothian, VA: Residential Chimney - 3 Shorewood, WI: St. Robert’s School - 185 Moscow, ID: 2 Comm. Chimney - 150 to 455 Vaux’s Whitefish Bay, WI: Fox Bay Theater - 290 Dublin, OH: Sells Middle School - ~750 Monaca, PA: Residential Chimney - ~100 Baltimore, MD: The Carolina Chimney - 700 Austin, TX: Chimney Swift Tower - 10 Kansas City, MO: Red Bridge Christian Church Text Box: GUIDELINES Locate a Chimney Swift or Vaux’s Swift roost in your area. On one night over the weekend of August 8, 9, 10, and / or September 12, 13. 14 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! Somerset, KY: 1100 Staunton, VA: Stuart Hall HS - 8005, 15865 Medina, NY: Medina Middle School - 57 Elkhart, IN: Midwest Museum of Art - 150 Baltimore, MD: Urban Loft Chimney - 10 Nashville, TN: Delta City Club - 577 Falls Church, VA: Luther Jackson MS - 2500 Jonestown, TX: Old Cistern - 1965 Atlanta, GA: Piedmont Hall - 1100 Ocala, FL: Residential Chimney - 14 Racine, WI: Racine Journal Times - 320 Holt, MO: Chimney Swift Towers - 150 Savannah, GA: Residential Chimney - 37 Topeka, KS: State Street Elem. - 450 Ridgewood, NJ: G. Washington MS - 1420 Healdsburg, CA: Rio Linda Acad. - 20000 Vaux’s Baltimore, MD: Hampden Bindery - 3090 Havana, FL: Residential Chimney - 9 Greer, SC: Starlight Ballroom - 650 Stevensville, MT: Commercial - ~400 Vaux’s Bryn Athyn, PA: School Chimney - ~400 Richmond, VA: Multiple Sites - 100, 200 Washington, DC: - School Chimney - ~300 La Crosse, WI: Aquinas High School - 0 Conway, SC: ~136 Galena and Delaware, OH: multiple - 1970 / 1130 / 190 Johnson City, TX: Chimney Swift Tower - 2 Athens, TX: Residential Chimney - 103 Lynchburg, VA: Multiple - 19 / 1800 / 10 Gainesville, FL: Church Chimney - 257 Homer, LA: Multiple - 459 / 153 Parma, OH: Church Chimney - 190 Edinburgh, TX: Residential Chimney - 75 Lyndonville, NY: Multiple - 162 / 342 Glens Falls, NY: Academy Building - 250 Oldenburg, IN: Convent Chimneys - 1257 / 698 Nacogdoches, TX: School Chimney - 80 Austin, TX: Travis High School - 2440 Garland, TX: Residential Chimney - 6 Holland, MI: Multiple - (see details) Austin, TX: Commercial Chimney - 730 Newton, NJ: Hospital Chimney - 45 Westfield, OH: Center Elem. School - 44 / 356 Elizabethtown, KY: Multiple - 900 / 800 Sat. Louis, MO: Multiple sites - 500 to 1000 Bastrop, TX: Concrete Cistern - ~200 Walhalla, SC: Residential Chimney - 20 Baltimore, MD: The Carolina Chimney - 887 Austin, TX: Chimney Swift Tower - 94 Bellaire, TX: Whole Foods Chimney - 276 Beaverton, OR: Residential - ~50 Vaux’s Pittsburg, KS: Multiple Reports - 338 Seven Pines, NC: S.P. Elementary - 1500 Austin, TX: O’Henry M.S. - 1692 Abbeville, AL: Residential - 18 Dayton, TX: Old Rice Drier - 275 Austin, TX: Great Hills CHSW Tower - 15 Four-State Vaux’s count: Multiple counts and sites - 47,170 Vaux’s Swifts Wichita Falls, TX: Ryder High School - 520 Fairfax, VA: Juvenile District Court - ~400 Spartanburg, SC: Multiple sites - 14 to 571 Grundy, VA: Grundy HS - + 5000 Barnesville, OH: Olney Friends School - 8 San Antonio, TX: Residential - ~20 Travis County, TX: Chaetura Canyon - 2
Text Box: For detailed information on each report CLICK HERE Text Box: Pre-event August 8 August 9 August 10 August 11-31 Text Box: September 1– 11 September 12 September 13 September 14 Post-event Text Box: Final Update: 10-15-2008

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