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UPDATE: New Photos of Tiny Birds That Sack Out in School Chimney

Spectators watch as vortex of Vaux's swifts retire for the night at Healdsburg school.

 

Thousands of tiny birds are using a chimney at a school campus in Healdsburg as a rest stop on their migration route, providing a spectacular show when they bed down for the night.

According to the Press Democrat, a huge vortex of the Vaux's swifts pause every night at Rio Lindo Adventist Academy's chimney after feeding on insects. Score of bystanders watch as they retire for the evening, according to the article.

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