"It could be like 'The Birds,' like Hitchcock."

posted May 8, 2013 at 4:33 PM

Best thing we read today: John Enger's article in the Gazette about the hoped-for return of chimney swifts to a spot in Northville. The birds -- which look like "cigars with wings" -- migrate from Peru each spring, and have arrived at a specific chimney at an old glove factory in the village for a century. One problem this year: the chimney was torn down. So, what now?

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They could change their name.

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