I hope the nest box is 12 feet high, not long. These
have been very successful elsewhere, such as Austin
Texas. I assume the idea is to get the birds used to
the nest box at the chimney, but then move it to a
nearby site before the chimney is demolished.


RCC

-- Larry Schwitters <lpatters at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Tweeters,
>
> One of the spin offs of the Monroe Wagner Elementary
> School Save Our
> Swifts Project is an Eagle Scout Project to
> construct and place a
> Vaux's Swift nest box near the Wagner Chimney
> migration roost site. It
> is one foot by one foot by twelve feet long and is
> going to be attached
> to the chimney tomorrow. Can't get much closer than
> that.
>
> This is pretty neat stuff.
>
> There are still hundreds of swifts going into the
> Monroe roost site,
> and the same for the site I've been monitoring.
> Could these be local
> birds that have not paired up?
>
> Larry Schwitters
> Issaquah
>
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