Northville, New York - Return of the Chimney Swifts

Address:
2nd Street, Northville, NY
Directions:
Hubbell Glove Company Memorial Chimney, corner of Bridge St. and 2nd St.
Admission:
Free.
Hours:
May 6th is the day. Chimney always visible.

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Northville, New York - Return of the Chimney Swifts

Located on Route 30 on the Great Sacandaga Lake approx. 75 miles north west of Albany in the Southern Adironacks. Northville hosts every spring the Return of the Chimney Swifts - May 6.

They are migratory birds who span approximately 7000 miles from the Amazon jungle to the north country of New York State. The swift always return on the same day at dusk and fly, en masse, into a abandoned factory chimney. Sort of a commons man's Swallows of San Juan Capistrano. [John Baran, 09/18/1999]

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