¿ªÔÆÌåÓýBirders, ? I thought some of you might be interested in this message that I posted recently to BCINTBIRD, about communal roosts of Vaux¡¯s Swifts in chimneys. ? It turns out that there is also one of these roosts known in BC, at the Courtenay Museum in Courtenay, and that one is active right now. ? Wayne Weber Delta, BC ? ? ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wayne Weber via groups.io
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2022 9:44 AM To: BCINTBIRD2 Subject: [bcintbird] Link to "Vaux's Happening" website ? Birders, ? Continuing on about Vaux¡¯s Swift, Larry Schwitters of Issaquah, WA started a project he calls ¡°Vaux¡¯s Happening¡±, focused on locating and preserving roosting locations for Vaux¡¯s Swift, and estimating numbers of roosting birds there in May and September, the main migration months. Their main study location is the chimney at the Frank Wagner Elementary School in Monroe, WA (just east of Everett). ? The website for this project is . There is a lot of information there. ? This year, the highest count of swifts using the Monroe chimney is about 6000 on May 3.? Their highest count ever was 21,000 in 2008. ? Vaux¡¯s Swifts also will nest occasionally in chimneys. I have observed a probable nesting location in a chimney in Loomis, WA (a short distance SW of Oroville), where a pair were coming in and out of chimney in June. There are probably occasional breeding records in chimneys also in the BC Southern Interior, although I¡¯m not sure that it has been proven yet. Swifts nesting in chimneys is something that local birders should watch out for! ? Wayne Weber Delta, BC ? _._,_._,_ ._,_ |
