danielge

Yesterday I came across another juvenile house swift dropped from her nest in front of the University Library, CUHK.

The swift was too young to fly. Crouched down in the wet and cold trench, trembling.

The SPCA came and would take it to the Kadoorie Farm with a injured juvenile red-whiskered bulbul, which we found on the same day.

It was the second time within half a year that I came across juvenile house swift dropped from nests. There are more than 300 swifts living in the University Library area so I guess this incident could be common. According to the University Security Unit, swifts were sent to them time by time.

I'm wondering is there anything we can do for the swifts? Why they frequently dropped from nests? There must be some time that dropped swifts were not found by people. And is there any solution better than sending them to the SPCA? Can they live in the Kadoorie Farm?

Thanks!

danielge

Thank you for the reply!

The nests are about 4-floors high, so even the Security Unit have no means to put the swift back.
In addition, there are many many nests in the same area, so we have no idea which one to put it in, even if we can.

I think sending them to SPCA and KFBG would be the best solution here.