Atlanta audubon is constructing chimney swift towers, like this one in piedmont park, to provide nestingroosting habitat for chimney swifts. Towers are already constructed in raleigh and black mountain. Use of photos or content without permission is a violation of the law. Georgean z kyle in this book, conservationists paul and georgean kyle give directions for building freestanding wooden towers, wooden kiosk towers, masonry towers, and other structures.
You can rally your community to construct a tower that benefits chimney swifts where you live. New habitat for americas mysterious birds louise lindsey merrick natural environment by kyle, paul d. The central tower is constructed much like a traditional. Build a tower for chimney swifts audubon north carolina. The chimney swift is a mediumsized, sooty gray bird with very long, slender wings and very short legs. Americas mysterious birds above the fireplace louise lindsey merrick natural by paul d. Chimney swift towers wi chimney swift working group. Build your own chimney swift tower audubon north carolina.
This is a wonderful book that will teach you all about the life and times of chimney swifts and give you. I think this book will be the definitive chimney swift work of our time. David lacks study of swifts took place in the tower of the oxford university museum and has continued to this day. A chimney swift tower is typically a humanmade, standalone chimneylike structure built and intended exclusively as a roosting and nesting site for chimney swifts. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. First published in 1956, swifts in a tower still offers astonishing insights into swifts private lives along with thoughts about their life style and.
We recommend the kioskstyle tower, which is 12 feet tall, freestanding, and designed for nesting and small numbers of roosting birds. Building chimney swift towers ohio wesleyan university friday, january 10, 2014 alex johnson, john krygier, dick tuttle summary the purpose of the chimney swift tower project is to give chimney swifts in the area a safe place to nest where people will not disturb them. Guidelines for creating chimney swift nesting or roosting chimneys in manitoba pdf, revised april 2016 volunteers working on the st. Two toymakers have literally written the book on building chimney swift nesting towersvital to the declining birds survivaland turned their texas property into. The tower design and style that we recommend is published in a book titled chimney swift towers new habitat for americas mysterious birds by paul d. Currently, chimney swifts in the area are taking shelter in the few chimneys that are unnetted around delaware. Chimney swifts, birds that nest and roost in chimneys, have been historically abundant in north america. Chimney swift experts paul and georgean kyle give directions for building freestanding wooden towers, wooden kiosk towers, masonry towers, and other structures. With chimney swift towers, concerned bird conservationists have a stepbystep guide to help them create more habitat for these beneficial, insecteating birds. New habitat for americas mysterious birds louise lindsey merrick natural by paul d. A chimney swift tower originally designed by althea rosina sherman and introduced in her 1952 book birds of an iowa dooryard christopher publishing house, 1952, the chimney swift tower is a unique structure used to protect and encourage the nesting of chimney swift birds. Chimney swift towers to provide breeding habitats for these birds. A tower is different than a faux chimney, which is a fake chimney that is enclosed by or attached to a building, but has never been a functional chimney used as part of the buildings heating system.
Audubons chimney swift tower program audubon society of. A growing number of people across north america are now constructing nesting towers and conducting chimney swift conservation projects in their. Chimney swift tower construction photos chimney swift tower construction videos books about chimney swifts. Audubon society of western pennsylvania aswp is supporting chimney swift protection through a variety of approaches. The chimney swift chaetura pelagica is a bird belonging to the swift family apodidae. A member of the genus chaetura, it is closely related to both the vauxs swift and the chapmans swift. Theres info on building a chimney swift tower and more. But by the late 1980s, the number of swifts migrating to north america from the amazon river basin had declined. Chimney swift towers new habitat for americas mysterious birds by paul d. Many groups have erected artificial chimney structures as a focus for public awareness about chimney swifts and as potential habitat for swifts. Audubons chimney swift tower initiative audubon society of. Louise lindsey merrick natural environment series book 38. These unique structures mimic an actual chimney, serving as roosting and nesting habitat for the birds. First published in 1956, swifts in a tower is an iconic book, providing astonishing insights into the private lives of swifts.