Join us for our family-friendly ‘Swift Night Out’ events in the late summer. Watch chimney swifts swoop and soar over their roosts and then count them as they enter their chimneys. Mark your calendars to come help us with this citizen science project to document the numbers of chimney swifts migrating through Houston.

Swift Night Out – Pershing is an annual event to count the Chimney Swifts that gather at Pershing Middle School.

Day, Date, Time: Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 7:30 pm 

Program Location: Pershing Middle School NORTH parking lot off of Stella Link just south of Bellefontaine St.

Registration: No registration required. This is a FREE drop in program.

Bring: Bug spray, folding chair, and a water bottle. Light snacks will be available. Binoculars are optional because the swifts will be visible with be naked eye, but you may want a pair so you can take a closer look (the tower is a few stories tall).

Sponsored By: Houston Audubon, Nature Discovery Center, & Pershing Middle School

Use the parking lot entrance off of Stella Link, just south of Bellefontaine St. Go to the back of the parking lot on the north side of the school and look for the big chimney. At the end of August and early September we typically count over 500 Chimney Swifts at this location.