A Swift Night Out 2012

A SWIFT NIGHT OUT

2012

A Continent-wide Chimney Swift Roost Monitoring Project

Text Box: Golden Valley, MN: Church Chimney - 66 Brainerd, MN: Church Chimney - 61 Conway, SC: Residential Chimney - +250 Houston, TX: Commercial Chimney - 114 Kenduskeag, ME: Residential Chimney - 8 Austin, TX: School Chimney - 191 Murray, KY: School Chimney - 15 Stellarton, NS: School Chimney - 14 Bayside, TX: Chimney Swift Tower - 10 Austin, TX: Chimney Swift Tower - 41 Montello, WI: Multiple sites - 142 Oneida, NY: Hotel Chimney - 293 Austin, TX: School Chimney - 166 Racine, WI: Commercial Chimney - 2 Topeka, KS: School Chimney - +270 Austin, TX: School Chimney - 500 , 788 Kewaunee, WI: Brewery Chimney - 50 Sturgeon Bay, WI: School Chimney - 2030 Plaquemine, LA: Post Office Chimney - 1650 Endeavor, WI: School Chimney - 199 Austin. TX: School Chimney - 355 Shorewood, WI: Apt. Building - 15 Wolfville, NS: Chimney Swift Tower - 15 Travis County, TX: Chaetura Canyon - 183, 184 Shreveport, LA: School Chimney - ~300 Green Bay, WI: Multiple sites - Click here Newport, NC: Chimney - 44 Austin, TX: School Chimney - 439 Milan, MI: City Hall chimney - 79 Sioux Falls, SD: Chimney - 5 Austin, TX: School chimney - 1025 Tawas City, MI: Hospital chimney - ~200 Racine, WI: Multiple sites - 50, 11 Milwaukee, WI: Church chimney - 20 Austin, TX: School chimney - ~200 Homer, LA: Multiple sites - 1105, 142 Austin, TX: Multiple sites - 575, 353, 439, 1025, 41, 500, 191 Richland Center, WI: Theater chimney - 35 Oneida, NY: Hotel chimney - 355 Delaware, OH: Multiple sites - 1890, 7, 185 Houston, TX: School chimney - 249 Shoreacres, TX: Residential chimney - 6 St-Jean-Baptiste, Manitoba: Church chimney - 5 Olathe, KS: Commercial chimney - 20 Houston, TX: School chimney - 208 Elkhart, IN: Multiple sites - 2, 230, 12 Shorewood, WI: Apartment building - 15 Pickstown, SD: Commercial Chimney - 6 Lake Mills, WI: Church Chimney - 165 Woodbine, MD: Residential Chimney - 2 Taylor, TX: Commercial Chimney - 340 Girard, KS: Residential Chimney - 14 Rock Island, IL: Commercial Chimney - 360 Jacksonville, FL: Residential Chimney - ~70 Austin, TX: Multiple - 140, 2, 365, 150, 865, 828, 540, +500 St. Joseph, MO: Church Chimney - ~300 Ridgewood, NJ: School Chimney - 1360 Athens, GA: Commercial Chimney - 203 Anniston, AL: Commercial Chimney - 150, 328 Garland, TX: Residential Chimney - 7 St. Joseph, MO: Church Chimney - 920 Siloam Springs, AR: Commercial Chimney - 625 Jonestown, TX: Concrete Cistern - 894, 926 Topeka, KS: School Chimney - 225 Greenville, SC: Commercial Chimney - 350, 390, 300 Whitefish Bay, WI: Commercial Chimney - 252 Ashville, NC: Commercial Chimney - 322 St. Joseph, MO: Former School Chimney - 2850 Galena, KS: School Chimney - 1205 Austin, TX: Chimney Swift Tower - 34 Eau Claire, WI: School Chimney - 51 Austin, TX: School Chimney - 431 Birmingham, AL: Commercial Chimney - 500 Elkhart, IN: Multiple - 2, 0 Pittsburg, KS: Multiple combined - 1300 Montello, WI: Commercial Chimney - 278 Austin, TX: Multiple - 800 to 1000, 385, 825, 270 Shorewood, WI: Apartment Building Chimney - 464 Kenosha, WI: Commercial Chimney - 25 Shreveport, LA: School Chimney - 90 Naples, TX: Residential Chimney - 33, 40 Baden PA: Residential Chimney - +25 Southern Pines, NC: School Chimney - 300 to 400 St. Joseph, MO: Church Chimney - 1050 Catonsville, MD: Fire Station Chimney - ~265 Homer, LA: Multiple - 425, 0, 320, 16, 1 Racine, WI: Commercial Chimney - 17 St. Charles, IL: Multiple - 150, 500, 400 Monticello, IN: Commercial Chimney - 292 Milwaukee, WI: Commercial Chimney - +744 Rensselaer, IN: Commercial Chimney - 7 Galena, IL: Commercial Chimney - 600 Houston, TX: School Chimney - 70 Melbourne, FL: Residential Chimney - 2 London, ON: Multiple - 300, 467 Asheville, NC: Residential Chimney - 36 Travis County, TX: Chaetura Canyon - 4, 24, 171, 2, 2, 3 Baltimore, MD: Multiple - 1530, 1430, 100 Winston-Salem, NC: School Chimney - 5000 Lenoir, TN: Multiple - 2215 Oneida, NY: Commercial Chimney - 0

Text Box: 2012 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. Note: Please submit your reports in MSWord, Excel or as text in the body of an email only. Reports in PDF will not be accepted. 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!

Staten Island, NY: Armory Chimney - 330

Arlington, VA: Apartment Chimney - 3000

Geauga County, OH: School Chimney - 686

Hales Corner, WI: Multiple - 5, 2, 2, 1

Galena, OH: Church Chimney - 850

Gatlinburg, TN: Residential Chimney - 0

Bowling Green, OH: Theater Chimney - 81

Chapel Hill, NC: Residential Chimney - 0

Girard, KS: Residential Chimney - 81

Saybrook Township, OH: Comm. - 500

Austin, TX: Chimney Swift Tower - 39

Healdsburg, CA: Comm. - 6840 Vaux’s

Ann Arbor, MI: College Chimney - 1242

Farmington, MI: Comm. Chimney ~1000

Holly Springs, MS: Swift tower - 203

Katy, TX Chimney Swift Tower - 75 - 100

Olathe, KS: Commercial Chimney - 150

Hampton, GA: Residential Chimney - 30

Anniston, AL: Multiple sites

Lake Mills, WI: Residential Chimney - 63

Racine, WI: Comm. Chimneys - 197, 288, 17

Monticello, WI: Commercial Chimney - 278

Milwaukee, WI: Apt. Chimney - 87

Chester, PA: University Chimney - 160

Lincoln, NE: Church Chimney - 782

Webster Groves, MO: School Chim. - 590

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