2005
DOI: 10.3366/anh.2005.31.2.300
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Avian commensals in Colonial America: when did Chaetura pelagica become the chimney swift?

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“…Occasionally, a nesting pair may attempt to nest in a roosting site. Prior to the late 17th century, swifts were mostly found nesting and roosting in large, hollow trees, but quickly became associated with nesting in stone chimneys as mature forests in North America were cleared (Graves 2004). Today, swift nests are found almost solely in chimneys while nests in natural cavities are noteworthy observations (e.g., Blodgett and Zammuto 1979;Graves 2004).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Occasionally, a nesting pair may attempt to nest in a roosting site. Prior to the late 17th century, swifts were mostly found nesting and roosting in large, hollow trees, but quickly became associated with nesting in stone chimneys as mature forests in North America were cleared (Graves 2004). Today, swift nests are found almost solely in chimneys while nests in natural cavities are noteworthy observations (e.g., Blodgett and Zammuto 1979;Graves 2004).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…There have been few records of Chaetura pelagica L. (Chimney Swift) nesting in natural tree cavities since the 19 th -century destruction of old-growth forest in eastern North America (Graves 2004) and no documented reports in the lower Mississippi Valley for many decades (Mengel 1966, Nicholson 1997, Palmer-Ball 1996, Robbins and Easterla 1992. From 2002 to 2008, we conducted searches for Chimney Swift nesting sites in relatively remote areas of the White River National Wildlife Refuge (WRNWR) in southeastern Arkansas.…”
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