The Swifts take their first flight: August 8th, 2014

Saw the swifts kids leave the chimney Friday morning!

Chimney Swift Update

Checked on the swift last Wednesday 7/2/2014 and saw on swift on the nest and eggshells at the bottom on the chimney. The swifts have been very quiet lately. Hope to hear the nestlings soon.

Chimney Swift Nest

We reinforced the raccoon guard on the chimney this afternoon. While up there we checked on the nest and saw 4 eggs.

Chimney Swifts

Our swifts arrived April 22nd. We counted them last night and we have 4 adults (the pair and 2 helpers). The past few years we have always hosted 3.

Migrating Swifts 9/20/13

Saw a huge uncountable flock of Chimney Swifts going into a migration roost in downtown Raleigh last night.

Here is a brief clip of them pouring into the roost:

In other swifts news, our chimney swifts are still coming back to roost in our chimney every night.

Swifts Fledged

The chimney swifts fledged the chimney on 7/12/2012. They have since come back to roost each night.

Our new raccoon guard around the top of the chimney proved successful in keeping predators out of the chimney this year.

Chimney Swifts Update

Heard the chicks peeping for the first time today.

Estimated nest fledging: July 2nd

Estimated chimney fledging: July 12th