PORTLAND, Ore. — A crowd of several hundred people gathered in the growing darkness outside Chapman Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, before the first Vaux's Swift darted into view high above.

No one knows exactly where Vaux's (pronounced "vauks") swifts spend the winter, or the details of their migration route. But we do know the birds need chimneys. AP Photo / The Press Democrat, John ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is the incredible moment a murmuration of Vaux's swifts fly over a home in Corona, California on May 4. The birds are in the process of migrating and have chosen a neighbor's uncapped chimney to ...

A Vancouver family is demanding justice after they claim Immigrant and Customs Enforcement agents ran over a family member’s foot while arresting him earlier this ...