Photo: Young orphaned swifts being raised by a licensed wildlife rehabilitator to be released back into the wild.
Have you seen this face?
Probably not...
Chimney Swifts spend most of their time flying and do not stop and perch like other birds, so you will not encounter their fiercely adorable faces in your garden. Unfortunately, now that their populations have declined by more than 65% you have less of a chance to see their playful acrobatic flight in the sky.
Chimney Swifts spend most of their time flying and do not stop and perch like other birds, so you will not encounter their fiercely adorable faces in your garden. Unfortunately, now that their populations have declined by more than 65% you have less of a chance to see their playful acrobatic flight in the sky.
swiftly declining
Once called the American Swift, this North American bird historically used large hollow trees for roosting and nesting.
With the loss of these big trees, swifts adapted to using masonry chimneys, air-shafts, wells, and similar structures.
Now, chimneys are being capped, lined, or torn down, and the birds are finding it difficult to find a place to rest or nest.
Swifts need us to provide structures for them.
With the loss of these big trees, swifts adapted to using masonry chimneys, air-shafts, wells, and similar structures.
Now, chimneys are being capped, lined, or torn down, and the birds are finding it difficult to find a place to rest or nest.
Swifts need us to provide structures for them.
chimney swifts are dependent on us for places to rest and nest
They are not asking for money or large expanses of land,
they just need a chimney for a few weeks a year.
they just need a chimney for a few weeks a year.
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