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I immediately fell in love with the beautiul town of Swifts Creek and our visit here is all too short! If you ever find yourself in this part of the world I highly recommend a visit.
Swifts Creek is Located on the Great Alpine Road in the beautiful Tambo Valley between Omeo and Ensay, 379 kilometres east of Melbourne. The area was originally settled by Europeans in the gold rushes of the mid-1800s.
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The swift is a medium-sized aerial bird, which is a superb flyer. Sleeping, eating, bathing and even mating on the wing, swifts rarely touch the ground. They are also the fastest birds in level flight, with an impressive top speed of 69mph.
Swifts are plain sooty brown, with a white throat, but in flight against the sky they appear black. They have long, scythe-like wings and a short, forked tail. Swifts are summer visitors, breeding across the UK, but are most numerous in the south and east. Spending their winters in Africa, swifts migrate 3,400 miles twice a year, stopping off to refuel in places like Portugal and France along the way.
After a long flight back from their summer in Africa, swifts have one thing on their minds - to mate. Swifts pair for life, returning to the same site each year for a little nest renovation before laying and incubating their eggs. They like to live in houses and churches, squeezing through tiny gaps to nest inside roofs. But as more old buildings are renovated and gaps in soffits closed up, swift nest sites are fast disappearing. This, in part, has resulted in swifts being added to the Red list in the 2021 UK Conservation Status Report.
Red is the highest conservation priority, with species on this list needing urgent action. Species on this list, such as swifts, are globally threatened, with big declines in breeding populations and ranges. That’s why swifts urgently need our help. By installing a swift brick in a wall, or putting up a nestbox, you could give a swift a place to rest and raise a family.
One of many attempts to catch a Swift in flight. Great to watch, tough to capture. Taken at Abberton Reservoir.
This is the second time in 2020 that I have observed mating swifts over the Somerset skies. The prolonged good weather and visibility has been a great help.
Here we can see why are they relatives of the hummingbirds.
I like to photograph these super fast small birds, but i don't have special equipment for this.
Decided to try the 100-400GM today -- it's a little faster, and should be faster focusing as well.
Definitely the clearest photo so far of a Swift. But there is a distressing resemblance to a fish - possibly a salmon.
Up in Vail this weekend and caught a shot of the swift waters running down into Gore Creek from The Mountains of Vail. ENJOY! www.matthewmcewanphoto.com
Swift over Chasewater dam, Staffordshire. Very much a lucky shot but one I have been attempting for a long time.
I have to say, out of all the birds I’ve photographed, the swift has to be the most challenging. I have a hard drive full of swift shots and only found a few I’m happy with, this being one of them!
had a bit of fun with the swifts had plenty of sharp ones but these had some light on them as the sun dropped under the thick cloud
I have found a fallen Swift. He had injured belly. The local vetcare refused to provide any help. I took him home, treated the wound and put in a quiet place. Later i gave him a water. The bird was weak and sleepy or dormant, this way they survive stress and painful shock. In hands he behaved calmly. He has healthy strong wings, 16cm long, it means that he's a grown juvenile that can fly. He has big expressive eyes with blue eyelids, with closed eyes he looks like a pilot in goggles. What i want to note, that his feathers are airy and softer than silk, the skin is very thin, the beak is soft and he's all so fragile - a truly heavenly creature! Next morning he was active, the wound healed well, he wanted to fly away. I couldn't hold him any longer, because almost all our local swifts already migrated. But there were still a few individuals in the sky. So i didn't delay. I let him go, he made a circle near my window and flew away.
God bless you, Swiftie!
More photos of this story on my FB: www.facebook.com/tanyamass/posts/10220756613018050
Swift Crab Spider (Mecaphesa celer), immature female. Found on Spiraea nipponica in my front yard. Arvada, Jefferson Co., Colo.
On a hazy day back when RoadRailer trains were a thing, solo UP6754 (GE C44AC) rolls around Tehachapi Loop with 37 Swift RoadRailer units in September 2000.
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Estoril Racing Kickoff 2nd Apr 22
SINGLE SEATER SERIES QLFY
Driver: A. RODRIGUES
Team: ANTONIO RODRIGUES
Car: SWIFT