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The only swift occurring regularly in the east. It once nested in hollow trees, but today it nearly always nests in chimneys or other structures. Because the bird can be easily captured and banded in...
If you see a bird settled on a telegraph wire or a tree, it’s not a swift. No sociable windowsill singers, no Disney-...
Young common swifts, hand reared in Norway in 2010. All nine were banded, and have been observed nesting at the location where they were found, the following summers.
In this article, we will tell you about the common swift, a beautiful bird that can fly at speeds of up to 69 miles per hour.
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Common Swift coming down to drink..Metochi Lake,Lesvos..
The craze for loft conversions and home improvements is putting one of Britain's most spectacular birds at risk, wildlife experts say.
And in the late afternoon, a few Pacific Swifts were among the House Swifts and Swallows over the ponds near Mai Po Nature Reserve.. Apus pacificus There is some debate in birding circles here about how the Pacific Swifts in HK might be either the south China race "kanoi", or the nominate race, "pacificus" . If "kanoi" are confusable with House Swifts - well, these were MUCH bigger and should be the nominate "pacificus".
