September 10 - Chimney Swift

Falling Flyers - Unlike most birds, chimney swifts cannot take off from horizontal surfaces; instead they drop from their perch or nest to take flight. They find chimneys a very suitable place to build their nests in the Spring-Summer months. It provides shelter from the wind, and gives them a nice vertical drop to take flight. At the end of summer they begin their migration back to Peru before the chimneys again come into use for the fall/winter months.