Chapman Swifts

Every September we go to Chapman school to see the swifts fly into the chimney (where they sleep at night). Yes -- birds. We are not alone. It is classic Portland...tons of people sitting outside. watching birds (often with wine & beer and maybe food) and kids running around everywhere. We went before kids, during pregancies and each year it gets more fun as the kids get older. We are not just talking about "some" birds, but thousands. Past years have seen a high of as many as 35,000 swifts. More recently high estimates have been around 15,000 swifts. Sorry for the somewhat blurry pictures... I got dinner on the lens....nice....