Squadrons of small sooty-brown, sickle-winged birds called chimney swifts zip through the air in rapid twists and turns while gobbling up flying insects. Their 5-inch-long bodies taper at both ends, ...

The Vaux's Swift is a tiny bird – some people call it “a cigar with wings.” But every fall these little birds make a big trip, from summer breeding grounds in the Pacific Northwest down to their ...

Swifts, small and unremarkable-looking, stay aloft almost their entire lives, flying great distances at up to 70 miles an hour. Anderson starts this survey of “the champions of the bird world” in ...

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 ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Millions of birds are expected to fly across North Carolina in coming months, as the migratory animals fly south for the winter. Fall ...