How to learn more about the Chimney Swift ? 

Associations:

 Ontario SwiftWatch facebook page

-Driftwood Wildlife Association website: http://www.concentric.net/~DWA/

The Driftwood Wildlife Association is based in Austin, Texas and is largely involved in the Chimney Swift conservation. Their website will provide further information on the species. Notably, you will be able to find:

- Their newsletter Chaetura entirely dedicated to the Chimney Swift species and the North America Chimney Swift Nest Site Project (http://www.concentric.net/~DWA/page26.html). This newsletter has been available since 1997!

- Their paper documenting Chimney Swift life history, trends and actions is available by following this link: chimney_swift_restoration_breeding_site_DWA

- The DWA provides data on the swift's migration: consult this page in order to follow the migration of the species: http://www.concentric.net/~dwa/page164.html

The MFN is based in Ontario and has implemented several actions in favour of the Chimney Swift.  Together with Bird Studies Canada they have set up a swift monitoring project. Since 2004, this project attempts to help gather information on this species. During the first two years, efforts were focused on locating active roost sites in order to simultaneously count the entering swifts at the end of September. Download their newsletter The Cardinal. 2006, No. 205. Also, you will find global information on the species life history, trends, decline and situation in London by downloading their Chimney Swift 2008 fact sheet

- Orillia Naturalists Club: This Club has launched the Chimney Swift Monitoring and Recovery Project involving Swift monitoring, public awareness, prevention and monitoring of roosting sites (e.g. constructions), artifical sites etc. You can directly contact the association at this email if you want to learn more about their project: orillianaturalistclub@sympatico.ca

- Bird Studies Canada: Can provide diverse information on the species. This organization has the will to create a network of Chimney Swift monitoring projects in Ontario in order to improve the quality and quantity of data within the region. Their website : http://www.bsc-eoc.org/ and the SwiftWatch project website are important resources. Check out their page for Nature Counts, partner of the Avian Knowledge Network, that can provide you with data from bird observatories with maps and graphs (http://www.birdscanada.org/birdmon/default/main.jsp)

- Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario: This website will provide you with data and maps. Several years are available, so you will be able to see the evolution of the trend for your area. Website: http://www.birdsontario.org/

- Canadian Wildlife service, section Migratory birds. Their national Breeding Bird Survey provides data concerning maps, coverage and trends: http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/nwrc-cnrf/default.asp?lang=En&n=416B57CA

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