{"id":1169,"date":"2014-04-19T12:03:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T16:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2014-04-19T12:03:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T16:03:35","slug":"citizen-scientists-needed-for-halton-swiftwatch-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/citizen-scientists-needed-for-halton-swiftwatch-program","title":{"rendered":"Citizen scientists needed for Halton SwiftWatch Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chimney swifts are beginning to arrive in Ontario for the breeding season after a long journey back from the Amazon basin. These iconic birds have declined by an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsc-eoc.org\/birdmon\/chsw\/about.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">alarming 30% in the past 14 years<\/a>, and the Halton\/North Peel Naturalist Club is seeking dedicated volunteers to join us in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsc-eoc.org\/research\/speciesatrisk\/chsw\/index.jsp?targetpg=index&amp;lang=EN\" target=\"_blank\">Bird Studies Canada SwiftWatch Program<\/a>. Our goals for the 2014 season are to continue monitoring known roosts, to find new roosts, and to raise awareness about this threatened species at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The 2014 National Roost Monitoring Program is a continent-wide effort to study Chimney Swifts on May 21, 25, 29 and June 2. Our club will also host a Swift Night Out (date and place to be announced), where the public is invited to join us in observing the beauty of swifts gathering to roost in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in volunteering with our Halton SwiftWatch Program or would like to know more, <a href=\"http:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/about\/contact-us\">please contact Emily Dobson<\/a> (put &#8220;SwiftWatch&#8221; in the subject line). To report sightings, please record your observations using the Online Data Form, available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsc-eoc.org\/research\/speciesatrisk\/chsw\/index.jsp?targetpg=onchswresources&amp;lang=EN\" target=\"_blank\">Bird Studies Canada website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Check out this amazing video of chimney swifts in action:<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d_jtylq9sG0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>And check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inthehills.ca\/2014\/03\/current\/swifts-and-swallows\/\" target=\"_blank\">Don Scallen&#8217;s article on chimney swifts and swallows <\/a>at In The Hills magazine online.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chimney swifts are beginning to arrive in Ontario for the breeding season after a long journey back from the Amazon basin. These iconic birds have declined by an alarming 30% in the past 14 years, and the Halton\/North Peel Naturalist Club is seeking dedicated volunteers to join us in the Bird Studies Canada SwiftWatch Program. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/citizen-scientists-needed-for-halton-swiftwatch-program\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Citizen scientists needed for Halton SwiftWatch Program<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding","category-call-to-action"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gne2-iR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1169"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1177,"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169\/revisions\/1177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}