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N801TJ - Boeing B-737-4B7 - Swift Air
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
c/n 24.892 - built in 1990 for US Air -
in service for Swift Air since 08/2006
Orange swift (Triodia sulvina) moth resting on a wall.
Krótkowąs sylwina (Triodia sylvina) odpoczywający na ścianie.
Good light today and made all the difference.
I think this is my first year of getting shot's of all four Species,Swallows/swift's/House Martins/and Sand Martin's.
The female Swift Fox (Vulpes fulva) sits at the entrance to the den while she watches the male head off on the prairie landscape to hunt for some food for her brood of youngsters. This den was located on the prairie landscape of southeastern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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I think this is a Globe GC-1 Swift manufactured in the 1940's. It is located at the Legacy Flight Museum in Rexburg, Idaho and seems to have a cartoon character grin.
This attractive looking male Orange Swift (Triodia sylvina) was resting on a piece of cardboard in the conservatory waiting for dusk. I couldn’t resist such opportunity. It turned out to be a patient and cooperative model. Bath, Somerset, England.
I doubt I could take this photo in the Spring. This is the Swift River as it enters the Rocky Gorge, a stop along the Kanc' in the White Mountain National Forest, October 13, 2023.
We started last Sunday's adventure at one of our favorite places. The Hawksbill Greenway in Luray. I got another shot at a photo of the Swifts. They were coming to this exposed little mud beach to get dabs of mud for nest building I suppose? I sure was wishing for the Big Bertha lens though as I needed just that bit more reach for these shots. Still, I think it's an improvement over the one I put up awhile back! OK... I am exhausted from caring for the grandbaby all day yesterday and all last night. Seems she is in the habit of waking around 3 AM for a few hours of fun and play! Have a great day everyone.......and I wish you all a happy Nap should one be needed! LOL
Less water than in June and July while the snowmelt was going on but in August there is still quite a bit of water running swifty down Crazy Creek just below the falls. Crazy Creek is located along the Beartooth Highway in Northwest Wyoming's Shoshone National Forest.
Fresh off the kill of a mouse I caught him dead on in my sights. The red on his beak is from the tasty morsel he just devoured.
I also got him with mouse in hand (for a later post)
Going by its size it is a male Red Tail Hawk as the females are much larger.. but he will do!
Record shot of this magnificent bird seen on the North Face of Gibraltar. Spectacular and distinctive large, dark brown swift with white belly and throat patch. Noticeably larger than Common Swift and Blyth’s Swift, but with slower wingbeats and a "lazier" and wider soaring flight. Breeds colonially in cliff faces, mountains, and larger buildings. Migratory in parts of its range. Call is an extremely shrill, chittering scream. eBird
It looks interesting from the top even with folded wings. This attractive looking Orange Swift was resting on a piece of cardboard in the conservatory waiting for dusk. I couldn’t resist such opportunity. It turned out to be a patient and cooperative model. Bath, Somerset, England.
Peak autumn color comes to the banks of the Swift River, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
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I hope you have a great weekend, and that you are enjoying the autumn, wherever in the world you might be.
One of several Orange Swifts that visited our downstairs shower room, favouring the toilet roll as the best place to rest!
The Orange Swift (Hepialus sylvina) inhabits gardens, woodland and rough grassland, roadside verges, moorland and other wild places. The males are smaller and more brightly coloured than the females. It flies later in the year than the other swifts, from July to September. Along with with other members of the genus, the larvae feed on the roots of a variety of plants. It is quite common in Britain.
I probably only get a handful of swifts near home and not much opportunity to try photographing them, which is always a challenge at the best of times.
The last time I was at Fairburn Ings in West Yorkshire, there were so many around I had to accept the challenge of trying to get a photograph. This one is probably my best effort.
With VIA 186 tucked away in the siding at Pogamasing, CPKC 119 swiftly departs Sheahan crossing the Spanish River and a swift beneath the bridge. In whitewater terminology, a Class I rapid is the lowest level of difficulty and a Class VI rapid is the highest, where swifts are sections of moving water, but not quite big enough to be a classified as a rapid. Swifts tend to happen where the river narrows or the riverbed gets shallow. If you look closely, there is a "chute" with moderate whitewater beneath the bridge where both of these things happen. The whitewater in a swift is created by miniature waves from the fast moving water, unlike in a Class I or Class II rapid where the whitewater is generally from water recirculating over a rock.
The small hamlet of Sheahan can also be seen between the train and the river in the distance. A couple small camps (one cabin is visible) are all that are left from what was at one point a thriving logging community - MP 23.26 Nemegos Sub.
Loads of swifts screaming around Bangor Seacliff Road this evening. A real feeling of summer at long last.
Early morning sunlight bathes the northern bank of the Swift River, NH
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This Comper Swift was the ninth Swift to be built in 1932 and a 15 minute test flight was made on August 24 1932 by Nick Comper. It was originally registered to Alban Ali as VT-ADO ‘The Scarlet Angel’ and spent the first part of its life in India.
It was a competitor in the 1933 Viceroy’s Challenge Cup Air Race in Delhi. Also competing in this race was Richard Shuttleworth and his flying instructor George Stead, racing in two more Comper Swifts. Alban Ali came sixth with the second fastest time at 124mph. Richard Shuttleworth retired from the race. After the race Ali left Delhi to fly the Swift back to England escorted by George Stead. During this flight Ali had to make a forced landing near Gaza and VT-ADU was badly damaged.
After repairs Ali continued his flight, but the engine was not working properly and Ali crated VT-ADO and shipped it to Heston. ‘The Scarlet Angel’ was then sold to George Errington who rebuilt it and re-registered the aircraft as G-ACTF on May 24 1934, with the aircraft then flying soon after.
During 1998 it was overhauled and restored to its original factory condition and paint scheme.