Monitoring Summary – August 11th

Happy Friday!

I hope you all had a great long weekend, and an even greater week. The weather continues to keep us on our toes – lots of variation in temperature and humidity. The swifts are still around, and so the monitoring continues.

Frank checked out one of our priority sites, Lanark Gardens (465D Lanark Ave) on the evening of August 4^th and though he noted that the chimney was a nice one, he did not see any swift activity. Veronica checked out 118 Scott St (another one of our priority sites) on August 4^th and while she did observe some swifts flying above, she did not see any entries or exits into the chimney.

Over in Carman, Rhonda has been watching the chimney at the Town Hall. On August 4^th, she saw 2 swifts enter at 1:40pm, and another 2 swifts enter at 1:55pm. At 2:05pm, she saw 1 swift exit. Rhonda returned the next day (August 5^th) to watch the chimney again from a better vantage point. She saw 3 swifts enter the chimney at 6:19pm, followed by 1 exit at 6:26pm and another exit at 6:34pm.

Over in Selkirk, Winona watched the Merchant’s Hotel on August 9^th and saw no activity. On August 6^th, at the Selkirk Mental Health Centre (SMHC), Gerald watched the Infirmary and saw 1 entry/exit at 8:35pm, 1 entry at 9:08pm, 1 entry at 9:22pm followed by 2 entries at 9:29pm. Gerald suspects that the last two entries were by young swifts, as they had been diving and making passes at the chimney until they finally entered. There was also a third swift diving at the chimney, but Gerald did not see this swift enter (he noted that it was very dark at this point, making it difficult to see). Over at T01, there were 2 exits around 8:11pm, followed by 2 entry/exit cycles at 8:25pm and 8:28pm, 1 entry at 8:39pm, another entry/exit at 8:56pm, followed by two final entries. At T02, there was not much activity, except for 1 possible entry observed by Patti and Dennis around 8:37pm. At T03, there was 1 entry/exit around 8:14pm, followed by 1 entry at 9:06pm. On August 7^th, Patti and Dennis watched T02 again but did not see any entries/exits. At T04, Nia and Linda observed 1 entry at 8:58pm, and 1 exit and entry at 9:22pm. At the Yellow Brick chimney, 7 swifts entered between 9:11pm and 9:20pm, followed by 2 exits at 9:21pm.

Gerald visited Lower Fort Garry on August 7^th. At the Fur Loft, he noted 1 entry at 8:30pm, followed by 1 entry/exit at 8:46pm and 1 more entry at 8:52pm. At the Men’s House, there was lots of feeding activity – between 8:10pm and 8:59pm, there were 7 entry/exit cycles, followed by 1 entry at 9:07pm and another entry at 9:16pm.

Doug watched the bridge in Lockport on August 10^th and saw no activity, though the weather was quite rainy which may have impacted the swifts’ behaviour.

Priority Site List Update

Here’s an updated list of priority sites that still need to be confirmed:

Settlement	Neighbourhood	Location	Site	Observer
Manitou	.	338 Hamilton St	St Andrews United Church	Capped.
Morden		352 Stephen St	Pembina Hills Art Centre
Selkirk	.	420 Main St	Lord Selkirk Hotel	Gerald Machnee
The Pas	.	380 Hazelwood Ave	VIA Rail Station
Wasagaming		106 Buffalo Dr
Winnipeg	Daniel McIntyre	222 York Ave	Brink’s Canada
Winnipeg	Daniel McIntyre	222 York Ave	Brink’s Canada
Winnipeg	Daniel McIntyre	803 Erin St	Elan Designs and Upholstery
Winnipeg	Daniel McIntyre	520 William Ave	Living Gospel Church (east chimney)	Tim Poole
Winnipeg	Daniel McIntyre	520 William Ave	Living Gospel Church (west chimney)
Winnipeg	Daniel McIntyre	33 Kennedy St	Lincoln Towers Apartment	Tim Poole
Winnipeg	Daniel McIntyre	100 Adelaide St	Immigrant Centre Building
Winnipeg	Daniel McIntyre	348 Assiniboine Ave	Redboine Apartments	Tim Poole
Winnipeg	Daniel McIntyre	91 Albert St	The Old Market Autonomous Zone
Winnipeg	Daniel McIntyre	239 Colony St	The Florida	Tim Poole
Winnipeg	East Kildonan/Elmwood	325 Talbot Ave	Riverwood Church Community Firehall	Blair Reid
Winnipeg	Fort Rouge/East Fort Garry	411 Stradbrook Ave	Lancaster Apartment
Winnipeg	Fort Rouge/East Fort Garry	277 River Ave	Royal Oak Court Apartments	Aynsley Woods
Winnipeg	Fort Rouge/East Fort Garry	105 Clarke St	My Place Realty	Marissa Berard
Winnipeg	Fort Rouge/East Fort Garry	272 Cockburn St N	King George Court
Winnipeg	Fort Rouge/East Fort Garry	118 Scott St	Apartment
Winnipeg	Fort Rouge/East Fort Garry	280 River Ave	Moxam Court
Winnipeg	Fort Rouge/East Fort Garry	245 Bell Ave	Children’s Education Funds Inc
Winnipeg	Fort Rouge/East Fort Garry	834 Grosvenor Ave	Eugene Apartments
Winnipeg	Fort Rouge/East Fort Garry	444 River Ave	Augustine United Church
Winnipeg	North End	935 Main St	Ukrainian National Federation	Jon Benson
Winnipeg	North Kildonan	25 Valhalla Dr	Valhalla Gardens
Winnipeg	River Heights/Fort Garry	465A Lanark St	Lanark Gardens
Winnipeg	River Heights/Fort Garry	465D Lanark St	Lanark Gardens
Winnipeg	River Heights/Fort Garry	1055 Grant Ave	Grant Wilton Apartments	Aynsley Woods
Winnipeg	River Heights/Fort Garry	890 McMillan Ave	Milan Apartments	Aynsley Woods
Winnipeg	St Boniface	1310 Archibald St	Niakwa Park Plaza	Blair Reid Frank Machovec
Winnipeg	St Boniface	340 Provencher Blvd	Centre Culturel Franco Manitoba	Blair Reid
Winnipeg	St Boniface	864 Marion St	No. 9 Fire Paramedic Station	Frank Machovec
Winnipeg	St Boniface	847 Marion St	Euro craft office furnishings	Blair Reid
Winnipeg	St Boniface	99 Birchdale Ave	Nordale School
Winnipeg	St James	2160 Portage Ave	Stanley Park Apartments	Amanda Shave
Winnipeg	St James	2150 Portage Ave	Thunderbird Apartments	Amanda Shave
Winnipeg	St James	155 Traill Avenue	Hilton House Apts	Amanda Shave
Winnipeg	St James	2415 Portage Ave	Essex House, pest cage
Winnipeg	St Vital	531 St Mary’s Rd	Riverside Billiards

Thanks everyone for the continued effort and enthusiasm! Keep sending us those swift reports.

Cheers!

-Marissa