Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – For decades, Portlanders have enjoyed the spectacle of tiny wings circling a chimney at Chapman Elementary ...

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 ...

Look out Backstreet, because the Chapman Elementary swifts are back, alright! If you’re unfamiliar with this bird phenomenon, about an hour before sunset, thousands of Vaux’s swifts fly around Chapman ...

PORTLAND -- Recent extreme weather in the Portland Metro area has killed many of the birds known for their annual spin around the chimney at Chapman Elementary School, according to wildlife experts.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Watching Vaux’s Swifts roost in the chimney of Chapman Elementary School has been a Portland tradition for decades. But this year, the Bird Alliance of Oregon, a wildlife ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Every year in September it has been a tradition for one speedy population of Vaux's swifts to swarm the chimney at Chapman Elementary School — one of the largest known roosting sites ...

CHICO — Several members of the Chico High School Future Farmers of America organization helped make the Chapman Elementary School student garden beautiful once again. Thirteen members of the FFA group ...