Popcorn, silliness, fun? There must be some sort of Portland area event happening...
Zoo concert? Sporting Event? Whatever it is, these boys are having a popcorn blast.
Nope... The Chapman School Swifts are back and ready to roost!
Ryan's favorite part? The Cooper's Hawk and her 3 or 4 attempts to get a swift before finally snatching one up. After the first attempt, hundreds of swifts (sometimes referred to as cigars with wings) started dive bombing the Hawk and the crowd hooted with pleasure. What crowd, you say?
Oh yeah... did I mention that Porlanders migrate, en masse, to the Chapman School to bask in the glory of the swifts and Cooper's Hawk? Only in Portland, people, only in Portland.
And as the sun sets, the 15,000 swifts enter the chimney (minus one of their compatriots) to sleep wing to wing and we appreciate living in a place that appreciates the beauty and uniqueness of nature.
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