Scott Burnet, habitat committee chair of the Lehigh Valley Audubon Society, has been building towers for Chimney Swifts all across Pennsylvania and neighboring areas, said Chad Schwartz, program specialist, during the Lehigh Gap Nature Center open house recently.

Between capped chimneys and fewer hollow trees for nesting, swifts are having a hard time, but they can eat over 1,000 mosquitoes a day so it is beneficial helping them find homes.During migration one tower can house 1,000 swifts.Helping Burnet were the Color of Nature leaders: Antonio Martinez, Anais Martinez, Darien Rivera, and Jose Reyes. Funding was from Lynn Serfass.The Color of Nature committee plants gardens to bring color to urban areas.They hope Chimney Swifts will have taken up residence by next summer when they migrate back north.