How well do you know the Chimney Swifts at NPD?

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* 1. The Chimney Swift is a migratory bird.

True

False

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* 2. Which of the following words does not describe the Chimney Swift?

Threatened

Cigar shaped

Migratory

Endangered

Insectivore

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* 3. Chimney Swifts roost in:
(select all that apply)

Residential and industrial chimneys and stacks

Large, hollow trees

Shrubs and long grass

None of the above

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* 4. The purposes of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) are to:

Prevent wildlife species in Canada from disappearing

Provide for the recovery of wildlife species that are extirpated (no longer exist in the wild in Canada), endangered, or threatened as a result of human activity

Manage species of special concern to prevent them from becoming endangered or threatened

All of the above

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* 5. Since 1970, the Canadian Chimney Swift population has declined by:

70%

10%

30%

90%

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* 6. Which of these problems can effect the Chimney Swift population?
(select all that apply)

Increase in domesticated cats near roosting sites

Changes in insect abundance

Prevalence of white nose syndrome in other migratory birds

Habitat loss as buildings are modernized and chimneys are capped, steel-lined, or torn down

Severe weather events

Predatory birds, like the Merlin

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* 7. Which of the following are not mitigation or monitoring measures that CNL will use to protect the Chimney Swift population at NPD?

Keep the ventilation stack in place

Capture and blood sampling to measure corticosterone, a stress hormone

Time decommissioning activities so that the noise will not negatively effect roosting birds

Continue monitoring the condition of the ventilation stack

Construction of artificial habitat

Continue monitoring the numbers of Swifts that use the stack

How well do you know the Chimney Swifts at NPD?

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* 1. The Chimney Swift is a migratory bird.

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* 2. Which of the following words does not describe the Chimney Swift?

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* 3. Chimney Swifts roost in:(select all that apply)

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* 4. The purposes of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) are to:

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* 5. Since 1970, the Canadian Chimney Swift population has declined by:

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* 6. Which of these problems can effect the Chimney Swift population?(select all that apply)

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* 7. Which of the following are not mitigation or monitoring measures that CNL will use to protect the Chimney Swift population at NPD?

* 3. Chimney Swifts roost in:
(select all that apply)

* 6. Which of these problems can effect the Chimney Swift population?
(select all that apply)