Chimney swifts are very fast fliers and spend most of their lives in midair. They eat, drink and mate while flying, only stopping to raise young. They even take their baths in flight by dipping in a ...

The common swift may not have a fancy name, but these small birds are marvels of velocity. Regularly cruising around 110kph ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An Vancouver teen has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty after investigators say he shot squirrels with darts in a Clark County park. Newport Police say two men are dead ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After not returning to Chapman Elementary School for the past year, the Vaux’s Swifts appear to have found a new chimney to call home, and it’s at a different Portland ...

The black swift is especially enigmatic; a large, dark slate-colored bird with the characteristically narrow, arced wings of their cousins. The only differentiating feature between the sexes is the ...