July 25, Thursday, 6:30 – 9 p.m. Chimney Swift Big Sit in Kalona. Bring your lawn chair and join our gathering to watch the Chimney Swifts descend into a roost site in Kalona. We expect 200-400 swifts and we’ll attempt an accurate count. 

To carpool, meet at 6:30 at the north end of the Menards parking lot, 2605 Naples Avenue SW, Iowa City. From there we’ll caravan to the Evan Gingerich farm to see two swift nesting towers built on his property. Next we’ll travel two miles into Kalona and set up our chairs near the swifts’ roost site. While we wait, Karen Disbrow will give a presentation about these    interesting birds. About 30 minutes before sunset (around 8:00), we’ll count the swifts as they fly into their roost.