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

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

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

KOIN 6 Chief Meteorologist Josh Cozart captures the roosting Vaux's Swifts in southeast Portland's Abernethy Elementary School on Wednesday,7, 2025 ...

The birds found a new spot to roost at Abernethy Elementary, ditching their usual Chapman spot. Volunteers with the Bird Alliance say they counted more than 7,000 birds on Sunday. Abernethy's ...

More than 7,000 swifts were spotted roosting at Abernethy Elementary School on Sunday. The birds haven't returned to their usual haunt at Chapman.

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Salem-Keizer Public Schools announced on Thursday that all of its middle schools will begin adding weapon detection systems during the course of this year.