Monitoring sheets, guidelines, and an update

Frank has updated the website with the 2019 National Roost Monitoring Program (NRMP) Protocols and our new 2019 datasheets. Here are the direct links:

NRMP protocol https://www.mbchimneyswift.com/Documents/NRMP2019.pdf

Monitoring report sheet pdf version https://www.mbchimneyswift.com/Documents/datasheet.pdf

Monitoring report sheet Word version https://www.mbchimneyswift.com/Documents/datasheet.doc

Ahead of the weekend, here is the latest eBird update. There is certainly a shift on the western edge of Lake Michigan, with more swifts being spotted north of Green Bay. Closer and closer they come!

— Tim Poole

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The Manitoba Chimney Swift Initiative (MCSI) aims to understand the causes behind the decline in Chimney Swift populations and help reverse the trend.