{"id":1592,"date":"2015-04-29T18:23:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T22:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2015-04-29T18:23:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T22:23:37","slug":"swiftwatch-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/swiftwatch-program","title":{"rendered":"SwiftWatch Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsc-eoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-1776 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bird_studies_canada-150x79.jpg\" alt=\"bird_studies_canada\" width=\"150\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsc-eoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bird Studies Canada<\/a> is conducting <strong>SwiftWatch<\/strong>, a long-term monitoring program, with the goal of raising awareness and helping species recovery.<br \/>\nYou can help by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reporting swift sightings so we know where birds are flying during the\u00a0\u00a0 day\/evening<\/li>\n<li>Locating roost sites by observing swifts entering chimneys at dusk (8-9:15PM)<\/li>\n<li>Volunteering with the <strong>Halton SwiftWatch<\/strong> Program where you will be assigned to a known roost site, and will spend one to four evenings in the spring monitoring it for bird activity; May 20, 24, 28, June 1 from 8-9:15PM<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Contact Emily Dobson at <a href=\"mailto:HaltonSwift@hotmail.com\">HaltonSwift@hotmail.com<\/a> if you have seen a swift, found a roost site or are interested in volunteering!<a href=\"http:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/chimney_close_up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1778 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/chimney_close_up.jpg\" alt=\"chimney_close_up\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/chimney_close_up.jpg 480w, https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/chimney_close_up-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><strong><br \/>\nSwift Night Out Events<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please join families, community members, biologists, and naturalists in enjoying the spectacular evening display of chimney swifts.<br \/>\nBring your lawn chair, camera, and binoculars.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Acton:<\/strong> Monday, May 18, 2015 from 8-9:15PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Milton:<\/strong> Saturday, May 23 from 8-9:15PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oakville:<\/strong> Thursday, June 4 from 8-9:15PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oakville:<\/strong> Monday, August 10 from 8-9:15PM<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>All are welcome!<br \/>\nPlease contact Emily Dobson at <a href=\"mailto:HaltonSwift@hotmail.com\">HaltonSwift@hotmail.com<\/a> for more<br \/>\ninformation and to RSVP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bird Studies Canada is conducting SwiftWatch, a long-term monitoring program, with the goal of raising awareness and helping species recovery. You can help by: Reporting swift sightings so we know where birds are flying during the\u00a0\u00a0 day\/evening Locating roost sites by observing swifts entering chimneys at dusk (8-9:15PM) Volunteering with the Halton SwiftWatch Program where &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/swiftwatch-program\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gne2-pG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592","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=1592"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1793,"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions\/1793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnpnc.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}