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Photographed at El Mojon Spain
The Swift have returned again this year to their nesting areas underneath a roof slab in a partly constructed building in El Mojon, I have seen them at this location for the last three years, they are normally seen nesting there from mid June to early August. They are for sure difficult birds to photograph in flight, they fly so fast and are so unpredictable in flight.
A straight swift sucking nectar of the cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) flower.
Parnara guttata (Straight swift or Common straight swift, ‘Ichimonji-seseri’ in Japanese) is a species of butterfly in the skipper family, native to Japan and eastern Asia. Cosmos bipinnatus (Garden cosmos, 'Ooharushagiku' in Japanese) is a species of annual flowering plant in the aster family, native to Americas and cultivated worldwide.
Is the appearance at Tamworth of Class 321 No. 321334 forming 5Z84 0848 Mossend Down Yard - Doncaster RMT an indicator of a new logistics flow? All parties associated with this Eversholt-inspired 'Swift Express Freight' working are said to be tight-lipped as to its purpose. All will no doubt be revealed in due course. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Swift Creek splits into several branches at Canyon View Park in Afton, Wyoming, so little steel bridges are scattered throughout the park. Fallen leaves add to the picturesque location.
We have a very small number this year, all nesting in the one old barn. Now I'm getting on top of their flight plans, it's getting easier to catch them, but still a way to go.
This Swift was about 2 feet from the top of the grass.
Still trying to get one catching a fly in mid-air...
Poor Light while two swifts were flying and when the good light came the Swifts were nowhere to be seen :-( better luck next time maybe.
A Little disappointed as i waited for a while but that's wildlife and why i love it.
White-throated Swifts are a bird found in western North America from northern California down to Honduras. The northern populations a migratory. They draw attention to themselves by their staccato chattering calls which to my ear sound very unswiftlike. They usually nest in high, rocky cliff crevices but can nest in buildings. I have seen them many times but usually at great distance. But on this trip to Baja we managed to find a few flying at low altitude so I managed to capture a photo. Its scientific name Aeronautes saxatlis translates as "air sailor of the rocks". You can see here that it's not just the throat that is white. There are also white flank patches and the tips to the secondary wing feathers are also white.
We climbed Ingleborough to find flocks of swifts at the top, feeding on the swarms of midges. (I haven’t painted the midges). The hill in the background is Pen-y-ghent which means roughly "windy hill" in the ancient British language. Watercolour 11x12", french ultramarine, quinacridone magenta, permanent rose, aureolin, cadmium yellow pale.
Nyssus coloripes Walckenaer, 1805, I believe. Found at Plunkett Conservation Park in Cedar Creek. Queensland, Australia.
Found on trunk of tree.
Species ID confirmation appreciated
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
quite pleased with the general sharpness of this for such a fast bird . .quite pleased to have got it in the frame at all!
The Swift Motor Company made Swift Cars in Coventry from 1900 until 1931. It grew progressively from James Starley's Coventry Sewing Machine Company, via bicycle and motorised cycle manufacture. This 1927 Swift, SF 7805, is seen at a lunchtime gathering at The Old Bull Inn, Inkberrow.