
For the last decade-and-a-half, audiences at Chapman Elementary have borne witness to a sublime evening performance by urban fauna—the autumnal roosting in the school's chimney of
Chaetura vauxi, better known as Vaux's swift. Now, local adman Dan Viens has captured the avian phenomenon and the people who love it, in a documentary titled
On the Wing.
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On the Wing premieres Oct. 2, 7 pm at
Cinema 21 (one night only), with proceeds benefiting the
Audubon Society of Portland.
Purchase advance tickets here.
Learn more at the film's website,
http://www.swiftsmovie.com/
Image by Richard B. Forbes from the Audubon Society of Portland.