Why do Eugene and Springfield residents love standing in a parking lot in late summer? To see a crazy vortex of birds dive ...

For most of the year, the old chimney at the Umpqua Valley Art's Clay Place near Fir Grove park stands bare and lifeless. But every fall, people from across Douglas ...

After not returning to Chapman Elementary School for the past few years, the Vaux's Swifts appear to have found a new chimney ...

The birds found a new spot to roost at Abernethy Elementary, ditching their usual Chapman spot. Volunteers with the Bird ...

Earlier this week we reported on the mysterious absence of Vaux’s Swifts around Roseburg. The Umpqua Valley Audubon Society ...

The Bird Alliance of Oregon said that more than 7,000 swifts were spotted roosting at Abernethy Elementary School in ...

Just when local birders had given up hope, about 1,000 Vaux’s swift have swooped back into town, spiraling into the clay ...

For decades, Portlanders have enjoyed the spectacle of tiny wings circling a chimney at Chapman Elementary School during the Vaux’s Swifts annual fall migration. For decades, Portlanders have enjoyed ...

There’s no better mark of autumn in Portland than the annual roost of Vaux’s swifts, but this year the birds appear to have ...

See thousands of Vaux’s swifts take the dive into the chimney at Agate Hall on the campus of the University of Oregon amid ...

KOIN 6 Chief Meteorologist Josh Cozart captures the roosting Vaux's Swifts in southeast Portland's Abernethy Elementary School on, September 17, 2025 ...

After a nearly two-week absence, the Vaux’s Swifts have returned to Portland area chimneys. Chapman Elementary School’s ...