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.

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 ...

Watch as thousands of Vaux’s swifts return to Eugene on their annual migration south See thousands of Vaux’s swifts take the dive into the chimney at Agate Hall on the campus of the University of ...

From red carpet events to carpool selfies and everything in between, Tori Spelling and her family live in the spotlight. As we approach the holiday season, Tori is raising awareness of a common skin ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Vaux's swifts change up their migration habits, Portlanders wonder where to go to keep watching Joe Liebezeit with the Bird Alliance of Oregon explains why the migratory birds might be moving away ...

KOIN 6 Chief Meteorologist Josh Cozart captures the roosting Vaux's Swifts in southeast Portland's Abernethy Elementary School on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 ...