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Vaux's Swift Roosting

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Uploaded by on Sep 24, 2006

Thousands of Vaux's Swifts (very tiny birds) roost in an elementary school in Portland, OR. Mount St. Helens is in the background.

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  • smoking 

  • I painted this, in cold wax. It was a finalist in the 2008 Artist's Magazine competition for wildlife.

  • This was my elementary school!

  • I live near Portland, Oregon where this event takes place at Chapman School every September when the Vaux Swifts are migrating. There is a documentary on PBS about this phenomena called "On The Wing"....catch it if you can. You will love it!!

  • this is happening in the tree's at he bottom of my garden, everyday when i get home from school i watch millions of swifts fly around and the dive into the tree's all at the same time its amazing!!

  • I went to see the swifts for a school report. Took more than an hour to get all the birds in the chimney!

  • yes in fact, i was there last eve. and there were HUNDREDS of people sitting out on the school lawn to watch.Quite amazing!

  • Holy weirdness!

  • Had the crowd gathered specially to observe this? I'm particularly impressed by the strength of the influx, similar but more coordinated that Chimney Swifts perhaps.

  • Like the man says in the video....

    Thanks for this!

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