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Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: Ally on July 20, 2020, 07:25:43 PM

Title: Chimney Swift
Post by: Ally on July 20, 2020, 07:25:43 PM

Wish I know where they nest.

Title: Re: Chimney Swift
Post by: Paul O'Toole on July 20, 2020, 07:42:01 PM

This page has a "Report a sighting" section on it.

https://www.ontario.ca/page/chimney-swift

Title: Re: Chimney Swift
Post by: Ally on July 20, 2020, 08:16:50 PM

Quote from: "Paul O'Toole"

This page has a "Report a sighting" section on it.

https://www.ontario.ca/page/chimney-swift

I didn't even know it's threatened. I will make the report. I saw several today.

Title: Re: Chimney Swift
Post by: Shortsighted on July 20, 2020, 09:17:56 PM

A Chimney Swift!
While in flight!
You got chops!

Title: Re: Chimney Swift
Post by: Dinusaur on July 21, 2020, 03:21:26 PM

Yes, they are hard to come by for sure. However, I see them quite regularly in Downsview Park, must be nesting somewhere nearby. In 2017 I saw this interesting artificial chimney tower that was erected for them to nest in a park in Durham, NC - not sure if one ever did.

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The writing on the other side of the tower.
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Title: Re: Chimney Swift
Post by: Ally on July 21, 2020, 03:28:30 PM

Haha, maybe they saw the photo and thought, this chimney is taken.