Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Vaux's Swifts spend the winter in Central America and Mexico and are now migrating north to breed. Enroute they sometimes use chimneys to roost for the evening. This videos shows the swifts using the Courtenay, BC chimney which is located on Vancouver Island is one of the rare locations where they use chimneys in Canada. If viewers know of other Canadian locations let me know in the comments below. Also see this blog post for more information : keithnicol.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-vauxs-swifts-have-returned-to.html
Vaux's Swifts spend the winter in Central America and Mexico and are now migrating north to breed. Enroute they sometimes use chimneys to roost for the evening. This videos shows the swifts using the Courtenay, BC chimney which is located on Vancouver Island is one of the rare locations where they use chimneys in Canada. If viewers know of other Canadian locations let me know in the comments below. Also see this blog post for more information : keithnicol.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-vauxs-swifts-have-returned-to.html
