The following poster was created by Ella MacQuisten for Wild Wise Sooke. Click on the poster to see the original, larger sized work. For your reading convenience, the text is printed out below.

Vaux Swift

Chaetura vauxi

COSEWIC: Threatened

Threatened by a reduction in nesting habitat due to modern forestry practices and logging of old-growth forests

Did you know?

• They roost and nest communally in hollow trees in old-growth coniferous and mixed forests
• Very dedicated parents! They capture over 100 yummy insects and spiders in one aerial hunt, which is then formed into a ball and regurgitated to feed their young

They are North America’s smallest swift!

They fly south to over-winter in Central America and Mexico

They nest in western mountain ranges in the spring and summer from southwest Alaska to central California

See other posters by Ella MacQuisten

• Wildlife in Focus from Wild Wise Sooke: Turkey Vulture
• Wildlife in Focus from Wild Wise Sooke: Steller Jay
• Wildlife in Focus from Wild Wise Sooke: River Otter
• Wildlife in Focus from Wild Wise Sooke: Vaux Swift
• Wildlife in Focus from Wild Wise Sooke: Northern Saw-whet Owl
• Wildlife in Focus from Wild Wise Sooke: Marbled Murrelet
• Wildlife in Focus from Wild Wise Sooke: Purple Martin
• Wildlife in Focus from Wild Wise Sooke: The Barn Owl
• Wildlife in Focus from Wild Wise Sooke: Townsend’s Big-Eared Bat
• Wildlife in Focus from Wild Wise Sooke: Pacific Great Blue Heron
• Wildlife in Focus from Wild Wise Sooke: The Painted Turtle
• Wildlife in Focus from Wild Wise Sooke: The Rufous Hummingbird

WildWise Sooke