“Are those bats?” That is often the question heard when people notice chimney swifts. With their rapid, stiff-winged, jerky flight, these small brown birds can be mistaken for bats. Listen! If you ...

Held by UNC’s Avian Society, the event included speakers and attendees hoping to share their love for Chimney Swifts with fellow bird enthusiasts. Member Sydney McLean said the roosting of the Swifts ...

There’s a whole crowd of folks standing beside the Robie Tufts Nature Centre listening to Rielle Hoeg talk about Chimney ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — The tiny birds gather above the chimney as dusk approaches, flying in erratic, twisting swoops. More birds join, growing the group to thousands. They circle the chimney, finding ...

SEEKONK – The chimney swift may not readily come to mind when you think of birds in need of conservation. Walk along a riverbank or through a field in the eastern half of the country on a summer ...

At first glance, it was hard to tell exactly what we were looking at. It almost seemed out of place — just a tall, brown tower sitting in a part of Wheeler Park in Geneva. Knowing that Mount St. Mary ...

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 ...

Meet a husband-and-wife team that’s spent half of their lives working to save the Chimney Swift. Anybody can use the iNaturalist app to identify plants and animals while also contributing to science.

Chimney swifts are small, migratory birds often mistaken for bats because of their jerky flight. These birds spend most of their lives in flight, even eating and bathing on the wing. Chimney swift ...