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The Swift River enters the Saco on its path to the sea about ten miles east of Rocky Gorge where this image was captured. During peak color season, almost every dry rock has its own photographer perched on it. It took a while to find the right place for this long exposure image...
In my last post, the female was photographed waiting for the male Swift Fox (Vulpes fulva) to arrive back at the den site and when he did, he posed majestically in front of the blind likely to figure out what had arrived on the prairie landscape near the den. Once his curiosity was satisfied, he proceeded to interact with the female and young at the entrance to the den. This den was found in southeastern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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The swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) breeds in Tasmania and migrates north to south eastern Australia from Griffith-Warialda in New South Wales and west to Adelaide in the winter. It is related to the rosellas, with the feeding habits of a lorikeet. It is the only member in the genus Lathamus.
There was estimated to be fewer than 2000 mature individuals remaining in the wild as of 2011. In 2014, researchers from the Australian National University modelled that the species may face extinction by 2031 due to predation and loss of habitat,the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) upgraded the status of the swift parrot from endangered to critically endangered in October 2015 based on results from the study. {information from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_parrot)
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Common moorhen / Teichralle (Gallinula chloropus)
on the pond of Botanical Garden, Frankfurt
A Swift Fox (Vulpes velour) pup plays under the watchful eye of the parent and keeps within view of the den entrance on the prairie landscape in a wildlife reserve in southern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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Not the greatest of pictures it was extremely dark in the canyon, but something cool we found. Black Swift come from rainforest of Brazil and nest here in Colorado along high walls near waterfalls.
Swift current Lake at Many Glacier
Glacier National Park,
Rocky Montains,
Lugar: Montana
País: USA
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An adult Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) searches the prairie landscape near her burrow or den for any danger to her pups or the return of her mate with any food for the family. This den was located in south eastern Alberta on the prairie landscape on the One-Four Ranch.
28 June, 2009.
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A Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) sits outside its den on the prairie landscape in southern Alberta, Canada.
While assisting a colleague in a study of Burrowing Owls in the area, we observed this fox and its young.
28 June, 2009.
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With the disappointment of not managing to catch up with the Night Heron early Sunday morning fresh in our minds, we consoled ourselves and spent a bit of time watching the Swallows, Swifts and House Martins skimming the empty lake for a drink.
Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) pair interact when the male returns to the den site on the prairie landscape in southern Alberta near One-Four, Alberta, Canada.
The male, with the lighter colouring on its muzzle, is the one looking at me in my blind.
28 June, 2009.
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Spain; Alicante, Clot de Galvany 12/9/21.
I still find these one of THE identification conundrums of late summer/autumn. Juvenile Common Swifts are the major problem as adults are usually moulting. In spring, I find Pallid Swifts can be blindingly obvious… they’re all adults; but in late summer juvenile Common Swifts can certainly muddy the waters. I’ve tentatively identified and sometimes aged these when obviously moulting adults. Slightly broader wings and slightly blunter tail on Pallid can help, but of course with birds moulting outer primaries that can go out the window...
The light plays a big part, but as ever the major thing is experience… I don’t watch Pallid Swift every day of the week, at least not in central France...
When I was a twitcher in the UK it was easy, like black and white. I just read it in a book so it must be so. Then I started watching Pallids in late summer in the early 1980’s and pretty soon realised that it wasn’t quite like that… such are the joys of birding… always learning.
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Collective 52 Photo Project. Week 18/52- ''Sky''
Swifts flying over a forest of aerials in Thessaloniki, Greece just before an afternoon rain shower.
''I am like a TV antenna. I catch everything that is in the air, and then I do it my way.''- Karl Lagerfeld
There were very fast moving clouds low in the sky on this morning that every so often come across the rocks there in groups. This exposure is only 15 seconds.