A Swift Night Out 2002 Map

A SWIFT NIGHT OUT

2002

A Continent-wide Chimney Swift Roost Monitoring Project

Text Box: Staunton, VA: Stuart Hall — ~6,000 Erie, PA: St. Joseph’s Apartments — 1,645 Truro, Nova Scotia: NS Agricultural College — no swifts Clarksburg, WV: 85 year old residence — ~150 Colombia, SC: Whatley Mill — no swifts Kearney, MO: Kearney Jr. High School — 1140 Roseburg, OR: 40’ chimney — 5030 Vaux’s Swifts Arlington, VA: Fairlington Community Center — 239 Athens, GA: The Bottleworks — 325 Truro, NS Canada: NS Ag. College — no swifts Jonestown, TX: Old Cistern — 1,199 Canton, Massachusetts: High School — 84 Raleigh, NC: Brick apartment bldg. — +400 Whitefish Bay, WI: 1930's office building — 35 Richland Center, WI: brick bakery building — 192 Independence, OR: City Library — 330 Vaux’s Swifts Redmond, WA: Residence — 2 Vaux’s Swifts Abita Springs, LA: Wooden Chimney Swift Tower — 427 Kewaunee, WI: Abandoned brewery — 25 Portland, OR: Chapman Elementary School — 4,500, 5,500, 5,520 Vaux’s Swifts Baltimore, MD: The Mill Center — 4,931, 5,232 Austin, TX: O’Henry Middle School — 960 Fredonia, WI: Neunes, WI — 300 to 350 Annandale, VA: Belvedere Elementary School — 650 Columbia, SC: Clemson University’s Sandhills Experiment Station — 50 Fairfax, VA: Luther Jackson Middle School — 3,400 Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Robie Tuft Nature Center — no swifts Middleton, Nova Scotia: Middleton Regional High School — no swifts Austin, TX: Residential chimney — 10 Montello, WI: old chimney — 250 Holt, MO: Wooden Chimney Swift Tower — 34 Hamburg, PA: Hamburg Post Office chimney — 324, 241 Austin, TX: Cinder Block Chimney Swift Tower — 132, 82 Somonauk, IL: Chimney — 60 Durham, NC: Duke University Campus — 640 Enumclaw, WA: Movie theater chimney — 435 Vaux’s Swifts East Dundee, IL: 80 McMinnville, OR: Chimney — ~800 Vaux’s Swifts Beaver Falls, PA: Blackwall High School — ~160 Gainesville, FL: Small brick chimney — 8 11 story chimney — 322 Spartanburg, SC: Large Chimney — 1,000 to 3,000 Driftwood, TX: Water Barn Swift Tower — 86 to 109 Swiftern — 26 Lafayette, LA: Plywood Chimney Swift Tower — 15 Marietta, GA : Brick house chimney — 40 Grundy, VA: Grundy High School Chimney — 2,250 Fayetteville, NC: Ashley Elementary School — 950 Baltimore, MD: Chimney — 89 Davenport, IA: Muffler shop chimney — 400 to 450

Text Box: GUIDELINES Locate a Chimney Swift or Vaux’s Swift roost in your area. On one night over the weekend of September 6, 7, 8, you observe the roost at 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: Pre-event September 6 September 7 September 8 Post-event

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