Earlier this week we reported on the mysterious absence of Vaux’s Swifts around Roseburg. The Umpqua Valley Audubon Society wanted help tracking flocks of these migratory birds, and now the watch parties are back on after a thousand swifts were sighted around town.

Long story short, the Vaux’s Swifts failed to appear at their usual haunt long enough to worry birders and cancel a “Swift Watch” event. But a few nights ago, about 1,000 roosted inside the chimney of the Clay Place in Roseburg’s Fir Grove Park.

Mark Hamm, president of the Umpqua Valley Audubon Society, told KLCC the Swift Watch is back on.

“We often have some community members who perform some very nice background music and wait for the birds to arrive,” said Hamm. He said the swifts dart and dance around the chimney repeate

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