Thousands of birds descend on West Coast church in creepy ‘End of Days’ scene
It was the kind of scene that makes you check the calendar — and wonder if Halloween came early. As dusk fell over Salem, Oregon, thousands of Vaux’s swifts suddenly began spiraling above a church steeple, twisting into a giant, churning black cloud before plunging down the building’s chimney. A flock of Vaux’s Swifts circle...