Projects
- Category: Barrie Swift Watch
Our objective for 2013, as participants in the Ontario SwiftWatch Project, is " to continue building our knowledge of active nest and/or roosting chimneys within the province".
There are additional open and suitable habitat chimneys in Barrie to be surveyed:
1) Milligan’s Pond area
2) Streets that extend just beyond downtown
April 23 - May 5: Observe & report chimney swift (CHSW) sightings anywhere in Barrie.
Presence/Absence Surveys: to be conducted during the various stages of the chimney swifts’ seasonal behaviour. Just before sunset, participants find and track nesting/roosting locations and count the numbers of chimney swifts flying into the chimneys to nest or roost for the night.
May 14 - May 26: Spring Migration
June 9 - June 25: Nesting
July 7 - July 23: Roosting
August 4 - August 18: Fall Migration
May 22, May 26, May 30 & June 3: National Population Monitoring Blitz
June 5: Swift Night Out! (Scheduled BFNC Field Trip)
