Chimney Swifts are one of the most unique songbirds in South Carolina. They look like Swallows, but are more related to Hummingbirds. They're unable to perch but instead cling to vertical surfaces. They get their name because they began inhabiting smokestacks & chimneys upon European Colonization, and in the Fall time these birds will gather by the thousands to cram together into large chimneys! We'll be in historic Lexington at the Old Mill where Swifts roost by the hundreds in the old exhaust chimney. While together, we'll watch these tiny insectivores create a vortex above the cityscape and possibly see predatory birds, like Peregrine Falcons, flying amongst the flock in an attempt to grab a meal.