A New Logo
The Manitoba Chimney Swift Initiative is delighted with our new logo. The design, by Manitoba graphic designer Richard Cain, who also designed our factsheets, will be used on all our outreach materials in the future. Thank you to Richard for coming up with this fantastic design!
Monitoring Update – volunteers still needed
We still have a few gaps on our NRMP monitoring priority list. if you are interested in helping out in Winnipeg (St James, South Osborne, Osborne Village, River Heights, Fort Garry, various in downtown), Neepawa, Souris and Melita, we would love to hear from you. We have some new volunteers lined up in places we have never formally monitored before, so this already promises to be a very exciting year!
We would also love to find some daytime watchers for the new tower in Assiniboine Park. Let us know if you are interested in helping out!
Where are the swifts?
The latest check on eBird has revealed that the swifts are still fast approaching. The latest update from eBird is that the furthest north a swift has been spotted is Montreal, and they have now been spotted in Toronto, Hamilton and Missisauga. Probably of more relevance to us here in Manitoba are the birds in Minnesota. Judging by the number of sightings, swifts are turning up in good numbers in Madison and Milwaukee.
We are probably about two to three weeks away from seeing swifts in the skies over Manitoba. We cannot wait!
And finally….the tower
It looks like the tower donated in a blog a couple of weeks ago by David Dawson is being rehomed soon. Once it has been taken to its new home, and standing proudly in place, we will update folks on where it is. Thanks to everyone who expressed an interest, and of course to David for donating his handiwork.
Tim Poole
