It’s almost unnoticeable at first: A chittering sound here, a glimpse there. But within the span of half an hour, the sky over UNC-Chapel Hill’s McCorkle Place is full of them—thousands upon thousands ...
Swarms of chimney swifts should have been in downtown Chapel Hill by late August, but birdwatcher Barbara Driscoll saw only a few, despite hearing their familiar twittering sound. She followed it ...