Early fall is migration season of the chimney swifts, small birds belonging to the swift family that roost inside chimneys.

Vaux's swifts are 4-inch, gray birds that migrate between Canada and Venezuela. Every year, the birds make a pit stop at Agate Hall in Eugene, a popular spectacle for residents. On a temperate, late ...

For three decades, Vaux’s swifts have returned to Chapman Elementary School, making the Northwest Portland spot their designated roost and offering their nightly swirling performance for thousands of ...

It seems that the familiar Vaux's swifts have returned to Portland in full flood — but at a new location. Every fall, the swifts migrate through the Portland area, and for decades, it's become an ...