Chimney Swift Towers

Chimney Swifts

Chimney swifts are in steep decline because the chimneys they use to roost in are being capped or torn down. Currently, they are listed as “near threatened” since their population has decreased 53% between 1966 and 2007.

Four Ways to Help

  1. Keep your chimney open

  2. Be a citizen scientist

  3. Construct a chimney swift tower

  4. Save roost towers

 

Chimney Swift Towers

Chimney Swift towers are human-made structures used by the swifts for roosting and nesting.

The Western Reserve Land Conservancy together with the Oberlin College Green Edge Fund, The Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio Troop #50439, Black River Audubon Society, and the Ohio Ornithological Society built a chimney swift tower at the WRLC prairie on West Hamilton St.

 

Chimney Swift Tower Black River Audubon Park

Jack Fink

CBS 42 Morning News- Chimney Swifts

Swift Saviors From raising chicks to building nest boxes, meet a husband and wife team, that's spent half their lives working to save the Chimney Swift.

Chimney Swifts diving into a chimney in Charleston WV