Chimney swifts East York

[mr.sharp-photo]

possibly due to the low-hanging clouds, my neighbourhood chimney swifts are flying really low. they are at the tree tops (arund 50-60 ft up) and chasing one another.

East York has a good # of swifts. Pape and o'conner (3), Broadview and Danforth (6) and Danforth and Logan (3 or more)

[Trillian Flummox]

Yes! I've been noticing a lot of activity close to the tree tops too. Sometimes they fly in pairs extremely close together like fighter jets! I wonder if this is some type of mating behavior? I've also been enjoying the sounds of the Swifts over top of my house every day now. I'm trying to monitor a nearby chimney where I've seen 3 Swifts enter (I've reported this to SwiftWatch).  I've also been noticing a lot in the Beaches everytime I visit that neighbourhood.

-kris

[mr.sharp-photo]

Yes! I've been noticing a lot of activity close to the tree tops too. Sometimes they fly in pairs extremely close together like fighter jets! I wonder if this is some type of mating behavior? I've also been enjoying the sounds of the Swifts over top of my house every day now. I'm trying to monitor a nearby chimney where I've seen 3 Swifts enter (I've reported this to SwiftWatch).  I've also been noticing a lot in the Beaches everytime I visit that neighbourhood.

-kris

yep, Beaches has a bunch of them.
Eglinton and Mt Pleasant - i watched 6 of them last night fly really, really low. they are returnees. yonge st near the future shop = 3-6 more.
also saw 2 bats last night at dusk.

[Rotarran]

I saw some yesterday at my parents place. They live near the intersection of Keele & Wilson and so I'm assuming that these Swifts are some of the same ones I saw at Downsview Park.

[mr.sharp-photo]

last night, at 9 PM, swifts were flying dangerously low across eglinton and Bayview. almost hit 1 with my car. that was a 1st for me.