The researchers suggest that the difference between the long-haulers and those who landed might be in their feathers; the birds that landed had not molted their wing feathers, whereas those who stayed ...

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 ...

A group of Swedish researchers has found that small brown birds know as common swifts can stay airborne for a record 10 months, offering a tantalizing glimpse of what might be possible for coming ...

After spending their summer mating throughout May and June, Vaux's Swifts migrate south toward Central and South America beginning in the fall. After sunset, the birds stay warm by finding chimneys to ...

Inmates at Dumfries prison have been building bird nesting boxes to help bolster the population of common swifts in the region. It is part of the Save our Swifts campaign which is being launched by ...

The migrating Vaux’s swifts, which normally roost by the thousands in the old chimney at Portland’s Chapman Elementary School throughout September, have abandoned the site early this year. Don’t worry ...