Guest Speaker: Larry Schwitters
For many, the transition from summer to fall is a time for gathering around the old chimney at the Frank Wagner Elementary School in Monroe to watch the dazzling display of migrating Vaux’s Swifts. Each year, thousands of Vaux’s Swifts use the chimney as a roosting stop on their migratory journeys, both north and south.
For several years, we’ve been hosting a Swifts Night Out event, where we have invited the community to gather at the school and observe those magnificent birds filing into the roost. But due to the health concerns of our communities, we’re forgoing an on-site event this year.
Yet, just as the swifts have adapted to use chimneys in place of old growth trees, we too are adapting, and will host the first ever Swifts Night In! This year’s event will be online via Zoom, with a presentation by our beloved swift expert, Larry Schwitters.
Larry will be presenting an update on the Vaux’s Happening project and where he sees it going in the future. At the end of the presentation, we will have a question and answer session where you can ask Larry to impart his vast swift knowledge upon you.
Sunset will be around 7:15pm that night, so we encourage you to tune in to the webcam on the chimney after the presentation to see if you can spot any swifts coming in for the night!