When local Chimney Swift populations return from South America next spring, at least one lucky breeding pair is in for a treat. Thanks to the fundraising efforts of Birmingham Audubon’s Junior Board, the enthusiasm of Jones Valley Teaching Farm, and the construction prowess of volunteer carpenter Lynn Newton, downtown Birmingham now boasts a brand-new, twelve- foot Chimney Swift tower on the corner of Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard and 26th Street North. Our Junior Board hopes this new nesting site—a seemless merger of native-species habitat and human engineering prowess—will be the first of many such Birmingham Audubon-sponsored towers to pop up throughout the metro area.
Birmingham Audubon Junior Board worked so hard to install at Jones Valley Teaching Farm in downtown Birmingham earlier this year. Thanks to Ansel Payne for the photo! — with Andy Coleman, Hans Paul and Greg Harber.
