A group of 10 birders participated in the annual Chimney Swift Sit, or Swift Night Out, in Cold Spring on August 7th, 2025. We were rewarded with a cooperative group of swifts that utilize the chimney on the Wenner Hardware building as a communal roost.
The first bird dropped into the chimney at 8:52 pm and the last we counted dropped in at 9:08pm. We counted a total of 94 birds using the roost. Local Patrol Officer Jessica Schnell joined us again this year for the final moments, and quite a few people passing by stopped to inquire about what we were doing, and learned a bit about about chimney swifts!
Photographs by Doris Minnerath-Kneip