Hello fellow swifters.Thank you to all those still submitting reports. We will bring together a summary of the many interesting reports when we can. We are sorry that we are unable to get this done sooner, but August has appeared with a bit of a crash in the world of Chimney Swifts!
There cannot be long left now, but we are still trying to keep the momentum going in regards to monitoring. If you can still get out this Wednesday, or indeed any other day, we would ask you to keep eyes on those regular sites. Since our last major update, we have had flocks of over 30 swifts in the St James area of Winnipeg between Deer Lodge and Moray, and reports from Portage la Prairie, where chicks fledged at the church, La Broquerie, Brandon, Dauphin, Selkirk and Lower Fort Garry (apologies if I missed anywhere). Winnipeg sites continue to be occupied in St Boniface, Fort Rouge, St James and Downtown.
If anyone is in Winnipeg and wants to help with some additional monitoring, we really need someone to check in sites in St James. Please email us if you are interested in helping this additional effort here.
More news to follow swiftly next week
— Tim Poole
