Migrating swifts have been spending nights in various Albany chimneys, according to people who have seen them, but not in the structure especially built for them a year ago.
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A Swift Show in Albany (not THAT Swift)
For years I’ve heard of flocks of little birds called Vaux’s swifts roosting overnight in Albany chimneys on their migration south for the fall. On Friday night I saw them in action for the first time.
Tags: chimneys, downtown alley, migrating birds, Vaux's swifts