A FUN BIRD EXPEIENCE NEAR HEALDSBURG

FROM LABOR DAY TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER THEIR IS AN INTERESTING EVENT HAPPENING AT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS ACADEMY. THEIR IS AN OLD CHIMNEY WHERE THE SMALLEST SWIFTS IN NORTH AMERICA ROOST. THEY ARE CALLED VAUX SWIFTS. DURING LABOR DAY TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER THEIR IS A BLACK VORTEX OF SWIFTS FLYING AROUND SUNSET OF 10,0000 BIRDS THAT COME TO SLEEP OVERNIGHT IN A LARGE CHIMNEY. THEN IN THE MORNING THEY FLY OUT TO FEED DURING THE DAY THEY FLY OUT TO FEED . THEY HEAD TO SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA DURING THE WINTER. THEN IN APRIL THEY COME BACK HERE. THEY FINALLY NEST IN BRITISH COLUMBIA IN THE SPRING.

SCIENCE TEACHER, 7TH DAY ADVENTIST ACADEMY IN HEALDSBURG