Vaux's swifts are bunking in a downtown L.A. chimney
Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 13:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The odd locale, the 84-year-old Chester Building, is believed to be one of the most populous roosting sites for the birds in North America, local avian experts said. Two dozen naturalists gathered on the roof of a downtown Los Angeles parking structure at sundown Friday to witness an unusual spectacle: tens of thousands of migrating birds spiraling into an abandoned brick chimney for...