July 16, Thursday, 6:30 – 9 p.m. Chimney Swift Watch 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. 

To carpool, meet at 6:30 at the north end of the Menards parking lot, 2605 Naples Avenue SW, Iowa City. We’ll caravan to the Evan Gingerich farm to see two Chimney Swift nesting towers and learn more about swifts. Then we’ll drive two miles to Pleasantview Home, 811 3rd St., Kalona, and set up our lawn chairs at 8 p.m. and count the swifts as they fly into their roost.