A SWIFT NIGHT OUT

2011

A Continent-wide Chimney Swift Roost Monitoring Project
Text Box: Bayside , TX: Swift Tower - 13 Athens, AL: Residential Chimney - ~30 Pittsburg, PA: Commercial Chimney - 147 Elkhart, IN: School Chimney - 485 Edgewood, MD: Commercial Chimney - 176 Onaima, MN: Swift Tower - +40 Tawas City, MI: Commercial Chimney - ~200 Austin, TX: Swift Tower - 1 Elkhart, IN: Commercial Chimney - 315 Travis County, TX: Chaetura Canyon tower - 52 Sioux Falls, SD: Commercial Chimney - 55 Austin, TX: Swift Tower - 14 Ft. Meyers, FL: Residential Chimney - 20 Lyle, WA: School Chimney - 3 Vaux’s St. Joseph, MO: School Chimney - 500 Somers, CT: School Chimney - 26 Saint-Georges de Beauce, QC: - Res. Chimney - 49 Miami, FL: Residential Chimney - 5 Oneida, NY: Multiple chimneys - 4, 2, 6, 1 Pickstown, SD: Commercial Chimney - 11 Wichita, KS: University Chimney - 47 Dubuque, IA: Commercial Chimney - 6 Wathena, KS: Brick Chimney - 535 Elyria, OH: Residential Chimney - 6 Sioux Falls, SD: School Chimney - 43 Topeka, KS: School Chimney - 125 Melbourne, FL: Residential Chimney - 4 Spartanburg, SC: School Chimney - 343 Monticello, IN: Multiple sites - 8, 3, 2 Hays County, TX: Swift Tower - 3 Ft. Walton Beach, FL: Residential Chimney - 17 El Lago, TX: Multiple sites - 5, 8, 2 Delaware, OH: Multiple - 1420, 630 Cromona, KY: Residential Chimney - 75 New Martinsville, WV: Church Chimney - 301 Havelock, NC: School Chimney - 400+ Beaufort, NC: School Chimney - 400 Houston, TX: School Chimney - 64 Whitefish Bay, WI: Theater Chimney - 12 Houston, TX: School Chimney - 57 Chapel Hill, NC: Residential Chimney - 350 Shorewood, WI: School Chimney - 104 Woodbine, MD: Residential Chimney - 7 Green Bay, WI: Multiple sites - see detailed reports Travis County, TX: Chimney Swift Tower - 94, 86 Stafford Springs, CT: Residential Chimney - 5 McCormick, SC: BBQ Chimney - 32 Falmouth, NS: Residential Chimney - 175 New Glasgow, NS: School Chimney - 223 Middleton, NS: School Chimney - 254 Wolfville, NS: Robie Tufts Nature Center - 60 Centerville, MD: Residential Chimney - 24 Sioux Falls, SD: Brick Warehouse Chimney - 55 Troy, MI: School Chimney - 420, 626 Belmont, NC: Commercial Chimney - 300 to 500 Tullahoma, TN: School Chimney - 1500 Toronto, ON: 35 to 40 Randolph, IA: Church Chimney - 100 to 150 Fulton, IL: Commercial Chimney - 1030 Marlinton, WV: ~ 1000 Archers Lodge, NC: Residential Chimney - 68 River Forest, IL: Apartment Chimneys - 10 to 15 Mullins, SC: Residential Chimney - 17 Chippewa Falls, WI: Nursing Home Chimney - 85 Joplin, MO: School Chimney - 870 Macon, GA: Church Chimney - 25 Austin, TX: Multiple sites - 7 / 400 / 420 Tecumseh, MI: Commercial Chimney - 250 Holt, MO: Chimney Swift Tower - 250+ West Ashville, NC: Residential Chimney - 89 Austin, TX: Residential Chimney - 28 Topeka, KS: School Chimney - 100 to 125 Denton, NC: Residential Chimney - 50+ Pittsburg, PA: Apartment Chimneys - 242 / 727 Elkhart, IN: School Chimney - 1420 Bayside, TX: Chimney Swift Tower - 16 Charlotte, NC: College Chimney - 950 Richland Center, WI: Courthouse Chimney - 103 East Windsor, CT: School Chimney - 528 Pleasantville, IA: Chimney Swift Tower - 11 Charlotte, NC: School Chimney - 565 McCormick, SC: BBQ Chimney - 79 Kenosha, WI: Residential Chimney - 160 Jonestown, TX: Old Concrete Cistern - 4 Pensacola, FL: Generator Chimney - 400 to 500 Austin, TX: Chimney Swift Tower - 24 Springfield, MO: Apartment Chimney - 1856 Elkhart, IN: Factory Chimney - 48 Garland, TX: Residential Chimney - 56 Maplewood, MO: School Chimney - 20+ Boiling Springs, NC: School Chimney - 525 Austin, TX: Multiple sites 512 / 360 / 14 / 210 / 546/ 310 / 536 / 400 / 214 / 7 / 420 Holland, MI: Warehouse Chimney - 710 Travis County, TX: Chaetura Canyon - 169 Ashville, NC: Commercial Chimney - 94 Racine, WI: Commercial Chimney - 31 Shorewood, WI: School Chimney - 425 Pittsburg, KS: Multiple sites - 1287 Staten Island, NY: Armory Chimney - 300 Topeka, KS: School Chimney - 300+ Charlotte, NC: Commercial Chimney - 236 Mount Horeb, WI: Commercial Chimney - 39 Staunton, VA: Jail Chimney - 3200 / 2520 / 4411 Corpus Christi, TX: Residential Chimney - 7 Atlanta, GA: School Chimney - 4110 Nashville, TN: Residential Chimney - 85 Dallas, TX: Residential Chimney - 40 Grundy, VA: School Chimney - 1083 Text Box: 2011 GUIDELINES Locate a Chimney Swift or Vaux’s Swift roost in your area. On one night over the weekend of August 5, 6, 7 and / or September 9, 10, 11 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! 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. 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: Last Update: 10-11-2011

Nacogdoches, TX:  School Chimney  -  56

Wathena, KS:  School Chimney  -  595

Clay County, AL:  Chimney  -  ~50

Dallas, TX:  Commercial Chimney  -  210

Elizabethtown, KY:  Residential Chimney  -  20

Monroe, WI:  Residential Chimney  -  232

Kansas City, MO:  School Chimney  -  650

Nevada, IA:  Hotel Chimney  -  448

Kansas City, MO:  School Chimney  -  650

Wakulla Springs, FL:  Lodge Chimney  -  523

Austin, TX:  Kiosk Chimney Swift Tower  -  21

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL:  Res. Chimney  -  237

Galena, OH:  Church Chimney  -  1230

Ft. Walton Beach, FL:  Res. Chim.  -  11 / 9 / 7

Lake Mills, WI:  Residential Chimney  -  110

Anniston, AL:  4 / 28 / 141 / 1026

Spartanburg, SC:  Multiple sites  104 / 201 /

    314 / 346 / 523

Fountain City, WI:  School Chimney  -  231

Lincoln, VA:  Residential Chimney  -  500

London, ON:  2 sites  -  340 / 500

Grundy, VA:  School Chimney  -  3000

Houston, TX:  Multiple  -  18 / 2000 / 292 /

    210 / 145 / 92 / 440 / 1562

Shore Acres, TX:  Residential Chimney  -  11

Taylor Lake, TX:  Residential Chimney  -  8

Tullahoma, TN:  School Chimney  -  4500

Woodbine, MD:  Residential Chimney  -  1

Madison, WI:  Church Chimney  -  303 / 8

Ft. Atkinson, WI:  Commercial Chimney  -  4

Winston-Salem, NC:  School Chimney  -  8000

Houston, TX:  Multiple  -  25 / 15

Fulton, IL:  Commercial Chimney  -  1200 / 12

Garrettsville, OH:  Mill Chimney  -  100

Lewisville, NC:  School Chimney  -  500

Newton, NJ:  Hospital Chimney  -  3100

Emlenton, PA:  Commercial Chimney  -  2000+

Bethlehem, PA:  Church Chimney  -  500+

Tallahassee, FL:  Residential Chimney  -  9

Tontitown, AR:  Church Chimney  -  450+

Ridgewood, NJ:  School Chimney  -  2400

Southern Pines, NC:  School Chimney  -  360

Conway, AR:  Residential Chimney  -  270

Vienna, VA:  School Chimney  - 490

Monaca, PA:  Residential Chimney  -  ~50

Green Bay, WI:  Multiple sites  -  115

Baltimore, MD:  Multiple sites  -  1150, 200, 200, 190, 146, 30, 300

Loudonville, OH:  Residential Chimney  -  30

Raleigh, NC:  Commercial Chimney  -  ~9000

Kalispell, MT:  Comm. Chimney  -  251 Vaux’s

 

Special Extended Reports

 

Larry Schwitters  - Vaux’s Happening

 

Vaux’s Happening Final Summary

 

Maritime Provinces Sightings and Reports

 

Minnesota Chimney Swift Sit

 

 

 

* Reports in red indicate a Chimney Swift Tower or other structure preserved specifically for Chimney Swifts

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