![]() The Beach turkey surfaced again, this time in Alanton, reported Deborah Holland, who sent a photo. Visit to see some really interesting material on swifts, as well as a link to information on chimney swift nesting towers. ![]() Now their nest sites are becoming scarce and so are the birds. Many, many years ago, chimney swifts had adapted to nesting in chimneys in lieu of caves or hollow trees. Before too long, they were off for parts south.Īs new chimney designs come into style and traditional chimneys are capped, good old-fashioned chimneys are becoming rare. Years ago, every evening in early fall, a great flock of swifts would circle overhead and then swirl down into the chimney of the old post office at 25th street at the Oceanfront to spend the night. In the fall, they gather en masse for the trip home. They arrive here from South America in the spring for the nesting season. Chimney swifts are the only swifts in the Eastern U.S. Even when the baby outgrows the nest, it too clings to the chimney wall!Ĭhimney swifts may zoom around with purple martins and swallows, but swifts don’t have a forked tail. The claws are made for clinging only so it literally can’t perch. When a parent lands to feed its young, it lands on the side of the chimney and clings with its long claws with the help of stiff tail feathers. ![]() Sometimes you think you have seen one enter the chimney, but it is so quick, you are not sure. They swoop around catching insects on the wing, to eat and feed their young. The gray parents are small birds often described as little flying cigars. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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