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Swift Nights Out are back in Birmingham! Join us downtown as we enjoy the last of three evenings with one of our favorite urban birds, the Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica).
After these aerial acrobats have fledged their young and cleared out their nests, the entire North American population makes its way south to winter along the remote headwaters of the Amazon River. On their way there, they congregate in huge roosting flocks with as many as two or three thousand birds sharing a single ... view more »
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We’ll meet at the top of the McWane Science Center parking deck at 5:30 p.m. to dedicate their swift tower sponsored by Birmingham Audubon. Here we will be able to see other active chimneys that are visible from this location as well. Then, we will walk, carpool, or bicycle to one of downtown’s active swift chimneys. Together, we’ll wait for sunset (6:25 p.m.), watch the swifts work themselves up into their nightly “swiftnado,” and then count the number of individuals who enter the roost. Best of all, the data we produce will help researchers at the Chimney Swift Conservation Association (chimneyswifts.org) get a better sense of trends in eastern swift populations and the effects of climate change on these birds’ annual migratory cycle.
