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With a name like Swift, it's easy to understand why they aren't easy to photograph. Swifts can power themselves at 70 miles per hour, even faster when they are in a stoop. They fly around with their beaks open catching insects which they store in a ball to bring back to their youngsters in the nest. If you look carefully you can see this bird has its beak open for feeding. Analysis of just 12 food balls revealed more than 300 species of insect and spider. It is thought that each Swift may catch 10,000 insects in a day, which is more (numerically) than any other British bird.
The other interesting thing about Swifts is that once they leave their nest, their feet won't touch the ground for two or three years until they nest themselves. By this time the young Swift will have made two or three return journeys to sub-Saharan Africa. They eat, drink, sleep and even mate on the wing, only landing when they nest. The oldest known Swift was ringed as a nestling in Switzerland and was caught back there 21 years later, by which time it was estimated to have flown perhaps 3 million miles.
The scientific name Apus apus comes from the Greek " a pous" meaning without foot. Swift legs are so small that it was once believed that they did not have any feet. If a Swift gets grounded it cannot spring back into the air like all other birds with normal sized legs. Several times I have found grounded Swifts and have saved their lives by launching them back into the air. An immensely satisfying thing to do.
Alternate model of the Exo-Force 7705 set, as built from the limited photos of it that were on the LEGO site.
A pretty old build (so please excuse the ordinary photos) dragged over from MOCpages since I hadn't posted it here on Flickr.
International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS 2019 at Zhukovsky International Airport (ZIA/UUBW) on September 1, 2019. Russian Aerospace Forces Swifts Aerobatic Team (Named "Strizhi" in Russia) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29S (izdeliye 9.13S) Fulcrum-C and MiG-29UB (izdeliye 9.51) Fulcrum-B.
Taylor Swift Speak Now Tour Hots Sydney, Australia
You might have heard that Taylor Swift was spotted taking in the view of Sydney yesterday, including even catching a harbour cruise with her friends and family.
Taylor is currently on tour in Australia, and has been hard to spot as she's been doing the rounds.
The Aussie press spotted her boarding a boat in Sydney Harbour for an evening cruise.
Taylor's first Sydney took place tonight at a jam packed Allphones Arena.
The costumes and set were amazing, as a largely teenage girl audience of 14,000 or so cheered and screamed to their teen idol.
Taylor seemed to love playing to the full Allphones Arena, playing five different guitars, two banjos, the piano and a ukele. We also counted at least four different costume changes.
The country music icon is known for writing "13" on her hand before each show because it's her lucky number. Dozens of '13' signs were in the crowd, and some young ladies wrote it on their bodies also.
Taylor told the press "I was born on the 13th. My first album went gold in 13 weeks. My first No.1 song had a 13-second intro and every time I've won an award I've been seated in either the 13th seat, the 13th row, the 13th section or row M, which is the 13th letter," she has previously said.
We wish Taylor well on her amazing career to date and hope she enjoys the rest of her tour and stay in Australia.
Promo
Presented by: MICHAEL COPPEL, CMC & [V] HITS and SPONSORED BY COVERGIRL, JOHN SANDS & WONDERSTRUCK
Taylor Swift to bring blockbuster 'Speak Now' world tour to Australia in 2012
With Special Guests: Hot Chelle Rae
Taylor Swift, who is currently headlining sold-out stadiums and arenas on the North American leg of her blockbuster TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011 has announced that in response to strong fan demand she will extend the tour into 2012 with capital city dates around Australia.
The four-time GRAMMY winner's SPEAK NOW performance is a two-hour theatrical presentation, reminiscent of a Broadway experience. The show features elaborate costumes, dancers, aerialists, changing sets, and innovative choreography and instrumentation showcased on a multi-level stage.
Taylor plays five different guitars in the show, plus two banjos, the ukulele and the piano, and changes costumes nine times over the course of the evening. During the concert she moves right around the venue, using different stages, thereby giving every audience member a great seat.
Taylor's Speak Now tour has earned high praise from top critics around the world: "One of the genre's most ambitious acts has created one of the genre's most ambitious tours. Broadway-inspired…the two-hour production was an overwhelming experience." - Billboard
Taylor's 2011 Tour includes 98 shows in 17 countries spanning three continents, and her Speak Now album is the #1-selling album in all genres of music over the past twelve months.
TOUR DATES*:
Fri 2 Mar - Burswood Dome, Perth
Sun 4 Mar - Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Tue 6 & Wed 7 Mar - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Fri 9 & Sat 10 Mar - Allphones Arena, Sydney
Mon 12, Tue 13 & Wed 14 Mar - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Thank you Taylor, and also to your wonderful team who have assisted us so much lately.
Websites
Taylor Swift official website
Michael Coppel Presents
Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr
www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography
Eva Rinaldi Photography
Music News Australia
I think this dragonfly is a swift setwing. It was perched next to a "hurricane fence". In Montell, Uvalde County, Texas.
Ladies Day at Royal Ascot always attracts a good number of visiting coaches with 2019 proving to be no exception. Examples of bodywork by Berkhof, Beulas, BMC, Bova, Caetano, Higer, Irizar, Jonckheere, Kassbohrer, King Long, Lahden, Marcopolo, Mercedes-Benz, Mobipeople, Neoplan, Plaxton, Scania, Setra, Sunsundegui, Temsa, Unvi, VDL, Van Hool, Volvo and Yutong kept the camera busy. My shots were taken in and around the various coach parks used on the Thursday.
Taylor Swift
The 1989 World Tour
Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN
September 25, 2015
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The Kancamagus Highway is a scenic road between Lincoln and North Conway, New Hampshire. There are many pullouts along the way that give access to wonderful views of the White Mountains. This is a view of the Swift river, just off the road. Although most trees in this shot are evergreens, the few colourful trees along the river still give a nice impression of the fall colours in the area.
Neither bus nor garage are still about. The garage lasted longer than the bus which was scrapped in 1981.
Each year these moths emerge in our back yard, with the first rain for the year. (Yay!! we had 20mm rain last night!!!) This year it (Just one so far) emerged on 26 April 2014.
Photo: Jean
~50mm
Taylor Swift
The 1989 World Tour
Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN
September 25, 2015
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"Vaux's Swifts, small insect-eating birds sometimes described as "cigars with wings", migrate south en-mass each year, roosting as they travel in hollowed trees and industrial chimneys.
"Since the mid 1990s, the Swifts have roosted each September in the chimney of Chapman School in NW Portland, Oregon. Each year hundreds of onlookers gather on the lawn of Chapman school, from about an hour before sunset to about a half hour after, to watch the Swifts gather, organize, perform aerial maneuvers, and finally funnel in a black fluttering cloud into the chimney to roost."
Taylor Swift @ John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA, on Saturday, September 14, 2013.
Red Tour Setlist:
State of Grace
Holy Ground
Red
You Belong with Me
The Lucky One
Mean
22
Last Kiss
Everything Has Changed (with Ed Sheeran)
Begin Again
Sparks Fly
I Knew You Were Trouble
All Too Well
Love Story
Treacherous
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Swifts collecting mud from a puddle to build there nests, Old Sarum Airfield, Wiltshire, UK, 2023/05/01.
Taylor Swift performed at Scottrade Center on September 29, 2015. Haim and Vance Joy opened the show.
Photo by Dustin Winter.
Taylor Swift
The 1989 World Tour
Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN
September 26, 2015
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Taylor Swift
The RED Tour
April 20, 2013
Tampa Bay Times Forum (Amalie Arena)
Tampa, FL
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Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) pair on alert at the den site on the prairie landscape in south of Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
Both adults were shedding their winter coat giving them a somewhat ragged look in early summer.
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28 June, 2009.
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The Old Swift meat-packing complex.
Hard to believe this 22 acre of ruin still stands a block from the active part of the Stockyards in Ft Worth, TX.
After the plant closed in 1971, the place was heaven for graffiti taggers, a plot of urban wilderness routinely explored by teenagers and photographers... however in the next few years, it may change that.
~ source "Swift Changes" - Ft Worth Weekly
~ History of Stockyards and Swift meat-packing complex