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YOUR PHOTOS: Swifts spend their nights in deserted chimneys

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PQB News reader Mike Yip shares this unique photo. "One of the natural wonders of western North America is the annual northward migration of the Vaux's Swifts and their peculiar habit of nighttime roosting in hollow trees or deserted chimneys. The phenomena is witnessed at many chimney sites in the U.S, and in B.C. the only location known is at the Courtenay museum during the month of May." If you have a photo you'd like to share online or in print, email a high-resolution copy to editor@pqbnews.com.

PQB News reader Mike Yip shares this unique photo. "One of the natural wonders of western North America is the annual northward migration of the Vaux's Swifts and their peculiar habit of nighttime roosting in hollow trees or deserted chimneys. The phenomena is witnessed at many chimney sites in the U.S, and in B.C. the only location known is at the Courtenay museum during the month of May." If you have a photo you'd like to share online or in print, email a high-resolution copy to editor@pqbnews.com.



Philip Wolf

About the Author: Philip Wolf

I’ve been involved with journalism on Vancouver Island for more than 30 years, beginning as a teenage holiday fill-in at the old Cowichan News Leader.
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