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Same. (But did you know bread is actually not good for birds? Bread fills up birdsâ stomachs but doesnât provide them any nutritional value, which can be dangerous for them in the winter months. The more you know!)
Chim-chiminee-chim-chim-charoo! âTis the season you might just find Vauxâs Swifts in your chimney.
These nimble, brown-gray birds with beady black eyes are currently in their roosting season, and they like to build their nests in elevated spots like tree hollows or, in cities, tall chimneys. (They secure their nests of twigs to the walls with their sticky saliva.)
Vauxâs Swifts gather to roost by the hundreds or even thousands and are quite the sight to see as they burst from the roost at dawn, or return all at once to their roosting spot at nightfall. (You can read more about this yearâs sightings in Portland, Oregon here, and find out where to see them this month in our links below.)
They spend most of their days in the air hunting insects, and can return to feed their young 50 times in one day. Those are some hardworking parents!
Fun fact: Vaux Swifts are the smallest Swifts in North America.
đ Look up Swift watch Join a viewing party of the thousands of Vauxâs Swifts that migrate through Portland, Oregon during this time of year! They flock to a local elementary school with a high perch, and thereâs a nightly gathering through September 30. Hereâs a cool video of what that might look like. (Thanks to reader Greg T. for the tip!)
When it comes to your backyard birds, only the best will do. Flying Colorsâ premium organic wild bird food is now available in a beautiful three-gallon carton. The best part? Itâs available on Amazon.com and eligible for 2-day Prime shipping!
Choose from three custom blends â Pine Plains, Woodstock, and Millbrook â all made with 100% USDA certified organic ingredients like, sunflower hearts and safflower, and hand-mixed with love in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Flying Colors makes premium organic wild bird food, offering ethically sourced, toxin-free seeds and nuts of the highest quality to nourish wild birds of all types and inspire birders of all ages. Each specialty blend and single origin creation is rigorously sourced & researched, and every jar is produced with love & packaged by hand in small batches in New York’s Hudson Valley and tested in our own backyards.
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