A Community Event Celebrating Successful Collaboration and Chimney Swifts!

Hosted by: Shepherd University and PVAS, with financial assistance from US Fish and Wildlife Service

Free and open to the public. All ages are welcome, youth must be accompanied by an adult. 

Bring lawn chairs, picnic blankets, and bug spray.

Parking is available in H-Lot on the Shepherd University Campus. The tower is adjacent to Dunlop Hall on University Drive.

Join us Wednesday, August 28th at 6:30pm to meet your neighbors, eat ice cream, and watch the amazing spectacle of Chimney Swifts flying into their roost for the night! The Chimney Swift is a migratory bird native to the eastern United States. They feed in flight on small insects such as mosquitos and gnats and are one of the few native species that nests mostly in urban areas. In late summer, Shepherd University is fortunate to host a flock of these birds every night in a chimney constructed by a collaborative effort between Shepherd University and the Potomac Valley Audubon Society in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.  Come out and enjoy this community event, learn more about this vulnerable bird species, and watch the incredible acrobatics of these birds dubbed “flying cigars” before they embark on their yearly fall migration to South America. Stay for a “Swift Sundae”!

Click HERE to preview, print, or share a flyer for the event!