Swifts provide early-evening entertainment in downtown

By Sarah Brown

Lebanon Local

For some, watching a bunch of birds fly into a chimney might not seem like an entertaining way to spend the evening, but a select few in Lebanon know just how exhilerating the experience really can be.

The birds in question are Vaux’s Swifts (pronounced vōkes-es). Like their Chimney Swift counterparts on the East Coast, they are known for the spectacular way they descend into chimneys by the thousands.

“During…