Through bird banding at the Driftwood and Mansfield Dam Stations, the movements of more than 200 avian species were monitored for more than 20 years. 

Working closely with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, we have developed techniques for successfully hand-rearing and releasing injured and orphaned Whitetail Deer fawns back into the wild population.

Operating under permits from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department we have developed diets, housing and handling techniques for use in caring for injured, orphaned and displaced avian insectivores.

In our North American Chimney Swift Nest Site Research Project, we are designing, installing and monitoring experimental nest and roost sites for these fascinating, but declining Neotropical migrants.

Listen to TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT'S Passport To Texas programs on Chimney Swifts (Program 1, Program 2).
The free Real Audio  player is required.  Our thanks to Kathleen Jenkins for her production skills.

The CHIMNEY SWIFT NEST SITE RESEARCH PROJECT publishes a newsletter.  This site offers a text version of Chaetura .

If you have found an injured or abandoned deer fawn, we can help you decide how to proceed. 

FIRST CHIMNEY SWIFT SIGHTINGS - SPRING 2008
Check this North American map for Chimney Swift arrivals in your area.  The map is updated frequently throughout spring migration. 

CHIMNEY SWIFT WEB CAM

CHIMNEY SWIFT PHOTO GALERY

SPICEWOOD CHIMNEY SWIFT TOWER
See step by step construction of a 12' free-standing Chimney Swift tower