Reason #456 why i love portland...each year 6,000 swifts roost every night for the month of september in the old smoke stack at Chapman Elementary...and they do it up in style with lots of great visuals. And every year, portlanders grab their kids, their dogs and their significant others, pack a picnic and hang out starting at 6pm to watch the show. They OOH, they AAAH and they clap their hands. It's better than fireworks. this year it had the feel of a sporting event because 2 falcons crashed the party looking for a tasty morsel and then got chased by the rest of the swarm. it was quite the show. Watch the video above to get a look at some of the best highlights from this evening's performance.
Oh, and the other thing that is cool about the whole event is even though we made plans to watch the show with laurie, dave, lily and sara, we also ran into michael, jaylen, gavin, griffin and a variety of other folks, so we had a spontaneous little party...which was great!
spectacular! Maybe Ted remembers seeing the swifts swoop into an old smokestack in Baraboo Wisconsin when he was 7 or 8. We went with the Jenkins family...
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