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The Swift
I held her in my hand
When she had no strength to fly;
In her dilated pupils
Were reflections of the sky.
Her claws were clenched and helpless;
Her wings were folded up.
She made no show of struggle,
Secure within my grip.
I held her in my hand;
She had rested overnight,
And when my fingers opened
She turned towards the light.
She went off in an upward arc -
I knew she lived to fly -
And soon a flock of others
Had joined her in the sky.
I held you in my arms
When you had no strength to fight;
In your dilated pupils
Were the echoes of the night.
Your hands were clenched and helpless
And tears etched your face;
You showed no inclination
For leaving my embrace.
I held you in my arms.
When time was right, I let
My hold on you grow tender,
And I knew you would forget.
I only ask, my swift one,
Now you have shaken free:
With sky-winds in your pinions,
You'll fly once over me.
Words by Giles Watson. Music by Kathryn Wheeler, 2013.
A view of the dining area on the first floor
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This historic mansion, constructed at 4500 S. Michigan Avenue in 1892, was my favorite stop on today's Open House Chicago adventure. It is currently home of the Inner City Youth and Adult Foundation, which provides support and transitional housing to individuals who have a troubled past and are trying to make changes to better themselves. More info: www.innercityyouthchicago.org
Swifts collect insects in the back of the throat in a special food pouch and bound together with saliva into a ball called a bolus, which is periodically eaten or taken to the nest. These food balls can contain thousands of insects. Another challenging hour with the Swifts.
This was one of the ill-fated SMS class London Transport AEC Swifts that was sold off to Malta. Here they lasted a long time. Long enough for some to be converted to UNDERFLOOR engines! This involved raising the height of the saloon floor in the front half of the bus. The engine fitted was still an AEC. This one is now preserved in the guardianship of Go-Coach. It was employed to do at least a couple of trips between Rochester and Chatham on the well organised Medway bus rally and running day on 30th Dec 2017. I was lucky enough to have a ride. Here it is at Chatham with a normal service Nu-Venture bus on the 172 behind. The tinted windows on the Swift were rather wasted in December England!
JGF774K an AEC Swift 4MP2R fitted with MCW B33D was new to London Transport in November 1971 as their SMS774. Withdrawn in December 1978 in March 1979 it was exported to the Netherlands for use by Holland Design BV, The Hague. Returned to UK it was sold as a caravan/showroom and is seen here in the Peartree Bridge area of Milton Keynes on an unknown date during 1985.
FTT's Blackpool Swift 570 worked between North Pier and Poulton on a running evening. Here seen at Poulton. Blackpool Bus 100 3 July 2021
Swift Travel, North Weald, have recently purchased ex Dons of Dunmow Scania K400 "OmniExpress" DN61 DON which has reverted to original plate YT61 GRK. It was originally operated by New Adventure Travel, Cardiff, and was seen in Brighton this afternoon, 8th July, 2023.
Huge flock (over 25,000) of Vaux's Swifts swarm into idle brickyard smokestacks during fall migration.
Taylor swift the female country hottie! She has been popular for many years. She is known as putting the pop into country music. She mostly rights love songs that most of the time are true!
AEC Swifts had been the draw which brought travelling buddys 'Berresfordsmotors' and me to St. Albans, but not the more ubiquitous indigenous London variety, rather those diverted from a South Wales Transport order. That said, in breaks from photographing the SWT buses, we did find time to snap other things ... and I'm very glad now that we did. Here an SM class Park Royal bodied AEC Swift , BPH 128H (SM128) stands on the bus station frontage of the garage in between driver training duties wearing full NBC 'leaf green' bus livery.
Mixed series of six. Arlington Reservoir was not nice in the pouring rain. The hirundines were skimming the surface in their hundreds and I tried to get a few pics while feeling the water seeping in. I upped the speed which did not help that much but, apart from the rain, it was a lovely sight. First time I have seen swifts at low level.
Taken at Wicken Fen.
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Common swift (Apus apus)
Meaning behind the name:
Apus, has connections to the Scientific name "Hirundo" used for Swallows. The Greek word "Apus" literally means "without foot"
Did you know?
Swifts are aerial birds and will do everything on the wing: feed, sleep and mate. The only time they land is when they nest under the eaves of house roofs in small gaps. They use their feet to help cling on to the ledges to get inside the small gaps. Their feet are designed to do this and are totally useless to stand or perch with. This is why they were given the Scientific name "Apus" as they appeared they lacked any feet.
The English name "Swift" started of as one of many a local names that were given it. It was given more attention in 1668 in Charleton "Horse Marten or Swift" and thereafter. It's dark plumage gave rise to superstitions and had some names given it like: Devil bird, Devil dick and Devil swallow. The screeching call it has encouraged names like: Devil screech, Devil screamer, Devil shrieked and even Screech martin.
Other names included: Black swallow or martin or screech, Collier (these are just a few of many)
Taylor Swift and me. So me, my 2 friends and my mum saw her car plates that went past us, we knew it was her cars but didn't know she'd be inside, we still ran after them! We managed to beat the cars, see Andrea get out then Taylor. There was only 1 pap! We tried to go over to her but security said she'd come over to you, so we screamed 'TAYLOR' as she was walking up the stairs. She quickly ran over to us like 'hi guys' smiling then said 'you wanna take photos? lets do a group one quickly as I have a photoshoot!' My friends got a group one as I got one on my own, she was so nice. I'd been wanting to meet her for ages, after we had the photo I was literally shaking & could just about breathe.
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