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Chimney Swift images © Greg Lavaty
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Help Us Track Houston's Chimney Swifts! |
How to Participate
- Look for Chimney Swift activity - both nesting and roosting.
- Send us your reports. Tell us if you observe Chimney Swift activity and where it is.
- We'll track your results on a map and post them on this site. Only the neighborhoods will be posted. No home addresses will be displayed.
Need Help?
What to look for
Listen to swift calls
Contact Our Experts
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Happening Now!
4/29: we counted 220 swifts at Whole Foods. On 5/6 there were 375 swifts at Whole Foods!
Many swifts have been flying around the waste treatment plant at Beechnut and Newcastle - it is an awesone site at 7:45 - 8:00 PM!
At the end of April we noticed the swifts started a nest in the tower at Russ Pitman Park.
Pershing/Whole Foods Count.
Check out the skies in your neighborhood!
Coming Soon!
A Photo Gallery of Swift Towers in Houston. Send us your photos!
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Chimney Swift Activity in Houston
Your sightings will be plotted on these maps. The maps are updated weekly. Please click on each map for a larger, pdf version
Did you know?
 Chimney Swifts eat small flying insects less than 0.2 inch in length including mosquitoes, midges, flies, spittlebugs, aphids, winged ants, tiny bees and wasps, mayflies, stoneflies, and termites. Historical data demonstrates that the pellets of food given nestlings can contain more than 200 insects. Unlike many bird species where the only oldest / strongest nestling is fed, Chimney Swifts feed all their nestlings. The weakest / youngest nestling has been observed being fed first.
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