Granville Township near Granville South in Licking County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
What is a Chimney Swift Tower?
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
1. What is a Chimney Swift Tower Marker
chimney swift tower is a home for chimney swifts, a type of small bird that resides in chimneys or hollow trees. The chimney swifts will use the tower to have their young or stay while migrating.
Why chimney swifts?
Chimney swifts have unusually long talons, which makes them unable to perch. Because of this, they must grab on to the side of textured structures, such as brick or wood.
For the birds!
Starting in the 1970's, chimney swifts have suffered from sharp population loss due to a lack of places to live. This tower will help give upwards of 100 birds a place to raise their young or stay on the way on their 2,000 mile journey from the U.S. to Chile.
Citizen Science
The tower is not only for the birds, but for people too! This tower will be used by scientists to collect data on the birds. Local citizens can help by taking. part in projects such as collecting data and counting birds.
Special thanks to Ashcraft Machine & Supply and Sunbelt Rentals for their generous contributions
Range of the Chimney Swift: Summer in the U.S./Canada, winter in South America
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Architecture • Environment.
Location. 40° 1.562′
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Regionally, this marker is in the Columbus Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Vietnam Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); A Glimpse Into Ohio's Prairie Past (about 500 feet away); Infirmary Mound: A Stry Lost In Time (approx. 0.4 miles away); Granville (approx. 2.6 miles away); The Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad (approx. 2.6 miles away); Old Colony Burying Ground (approx. 2.7 miles away); Old Colony Burying Ground, 1805 (approx. 2.8 miles away); Evans-Miley House (approx. 2.8 miles away).
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
2. What is a Chimney Swift Tower? Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 138 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
