Nature Galleries

The Night Sky : The moon, stars....you get the idea

The Night Sky

The moon, stars....you get the idea

Updated: Sep 19, 2008 9:55am PST

The Robins Nest : Pictures from the robins that made a home in our backyard for a few weeks.

The Robins Nest

Pictures from the robins that made a home in our backyard for a few weeks.

Updated: Sep 01, 2008 9:50am PST

Birds :

Birds

Updated: Feb 18, 2009 8:17am PST

Vaux Swifts : Vaux Swifts Sept. 13, 2008 Once a year, a flock of thousands of Vaux (pronounced "vawks") Swifts come to visit Chapman Elementary School in Portland OR, swirling and flying into the chimney of the school nightly for a couple of weeks. Thousands of onlookers picnic and watch the swifts as they fly about. During the peak of the swifts' annual migration from the Pacific Northwest to wintering grounds in Central America and Venezuela, an estimated 35,000 may roost together in the Chapman chimney, the largest known Vaux's swift roost in the world.

Vaux Swifts

Vaux Swifts Sept. 13, 2008 Once a year, a flock of thousands of Vaux (pronounced "vawks") Swifts come to visit Chapman Elementary School in Portland OR, swirling and flying into the chimney of the school nightly for a couple of weeks. Thousands of onlookers picnic and watch the swifts as they fly about. During the peak of the swifts' ...

Updated: Oct 14, 2009 8:15pm PST