I was working in my home office in Decatur one day last week when my wife, Laura, yelled to me from downstairs: “There’s a bird in the house.” I caught the bird, an adult chimney swift, in our dining ...

It was an appropriate place to watch the birds come home to roost. It was at the Homecoming Restaurant in Spring Green this past weekend where the migrating chimney swifts descended at dusk to the ...

This story originally published online in The 9th Street Journal. It’s Tuesday evening at the Velvet Hippo’s rooftop bar. From the wooded deck, a few dozen hipster bargoers admire a picture-perfect ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) -- As fall migration is getting underway in parts of Northeast Wisconsin, some birds are starting to appear. Experts say chimney swifts gather in large flocks at dusk before ...

Vaux’s swifts are small, migratory birds that travel from their breeding grounds in the Pacific Northwest to Central and South American each fall, roosting in chimneys and hollowed-out trees along the ...

You might not want to live in a chimney, but for a chimney swift, it's the ideal place to rest — and a Fredericton chimney was a recent pit stop for more than 2,400 of the tiny birds. "They're ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – 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. This event ...

EAST LIVERPOOL — Those driving around in parts of Columbiana County lately may have noticed some tall thin structures. These are Chimney Swift Towers that have been built and installed by volunteers ...

PELHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Thursday, Aug. 14 the Alabama Wildlife Center and Alabama Audubon held a rehabilitated bird release to the public at Oak Mountain State Park. If you have ever heard a bird ...

If your house has a brick chimney, you may have some unexpected bird visitors this summer. But please don’t shoo them away. “If it were me, I would say enjoy listening to them,” said Greg Harber with ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Recent demolition work at 415 W. Washington St. across from the Ann Arbor YMCA has all but cleared the site of aging relics. Gone are old buildings and garages that once served as a ...