status of and monitoring of aerial insectivores in Ontario

Learn about what's happening with swifts and swallows in Ontario, and studies underway, by going to:

http://www.bsc-eoc.org/volunteer/ai/index.jsp?targetpg=ailearn


http://www.bsc-eoc.org/volunteer/ai/index.jsp?lang=EN

" Is the sky falling? Probably not, but the birds that spend their time up there are certainly telling us something is wrong. Swallows, swifts, and nightjars are "aerial insectivores" - birds that specialize on eating flying insects. They spend most of their time flying overhead. Over the last 40 years, aerial insectivores have undergone steeper declines than any other group of birds in Canada."