Jan
28

What should you do if a troculus invades your home?

Call a chimney sweep! Once known as a troculus, the bird now known as the chimney swift originally nested in hollow trees. Smithsonian ornithologists say that when early settlers cleared the forests and built European-style houses, the birds began nesting in chimneys.

A cigar with wings? 

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Posted: 28 January 2013
About the Author:

Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.