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Every September, the Vaux's Swifts migrate through Portland and use a chimney at a local elementary school to roost. Up to 10,000 birds gather at sunset and put on an amazing show as they swoop in to the chimney. Hundreds of people come every night to hang out, picnic and watch the show. Occasionally a hawk comes by and provides a little added excitement by trying to get dinner.
I see many more males than females for this species. So happy to have found a cooperative female. Love the two-toned eyes.
Female Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox)
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Canadian Air Force CF-188 Hornet (188736) (Y0 X) has seemingly not yet flown during the first week of Exercise Cobra Warrior, since arriving on 30 August.
Seen here on the day of arrival at RAF Waddington, this RCAF Hornet from 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron, based at Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada.
A small graphic of a mountain sheep's head is shown at the top of the vertical stabilizer. The mountain sheep, indigenous to many parts of Canada, is known for its great stamina and fighting power.
On the nose strake a graphic reads - SWIFT DEATH
© 2015 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott
Going back a couple of weeks to a glorious morning down at the river. I set up with this oddly tilting dock as my main subject because I loved the light skimming the texture of its boards. I went with a straight horizon, meaning that there's a lot else that's crooked on this swiftly tilting planet. I love my Tamron 15-30 VC, and even moreso now that I've added the Fotodiox WonderPana filter system to it.
Technical Information: Canon EOS 6D, Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD, Processed in Adobe Lightroom CC, Photoshop CC, and Alien Skin Exposure X (Coming Soon!)
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An attempt at capturing Swifts flying directly towards me from my garden. Amazed that the 7D II managed to track these at all considering their speed!
This is a picture of a Swift River Cruiser on the North Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge near Fort Meade, Maryland.
Laurel Quad
Photo by Andy
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Heading down the B5013 and actually managing to stay on the right side of the road.
Couldn't believe it when this turned out to be in focus....
Interesting fact "As the bird is hunting, insects are collected 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.
Read more at www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlife-guid...;
Neotropical-palm Swift or fork-tailed palm swift -Tachornis squamata, on a overhead power line on the road between Cuiaba and Pocone , State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Small foxes native to short and mixed grass prairies of the West. Found in the Oklahoma panhandle and northwest corner of the state. Exact numbers of wild ones is not known, but they are found in only 40% of their historic range, so it follows their numbers are down accordingly. This one lives in the Oklahoma Trails Exhibit of the OKC Zoo.
Our beautiful world, pass it on.
From "The Lake" at the Toronto International Boat Show. The canoe is the 14 foot Prospector, kevlar fusion laminate, manufactured by Swift Canoe Co. What a great paddle to start the year!
I took over 200 pictures of flying Swifts and only managed to get a few sharp photos.
No fault with the camera, it was more the erratic flying as they twisted in the air whenever they saw an insect.
During Swift Response 2023 exercise I was able to attend some practices at Bardenas Reales shooting range in Spain by USAF A10s. No real fire (not even BRRRRRRRT, because of the ammunition) but great flying demos, some of them for the media. A great day!
Hoverspeed SRN4 GH-2004 is loading for Dover at Calais on a blustery evening in September 1989. Not the calmest of crossings!
Pentax K1000/50mm
Ilford FP4
To me the sound of the screaming swifts at dusk always reminds me of my childhood . Happy memories !!
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Last few photos now processed. They are very dark, so when you bring up the shadows they are quite noisy: Topaz Sharpen AI used on all to manage that.
Swift rescue. Amazed to find this little fella or lass in my daughters room. What an incredible bird to have in the hand. The wings are something else!
Just one of the many decaying buildings at the old, abandoned Swift Meat Packing Plant ruins at the Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas. A couple years before this shot was made, this particular building had been used as a production office during the time when the location was used as a set for a Guatamalan prison on the Fox TV show "Prison Break". Photo taken in February 2011.
Night, full moon, natural strobe.
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Taylor Swift tries to control her hair against the wind as she visits St. Paul’s Cathedral with a few friends in London on Thursday (May 7).
The 19-year-old country sensation tweeted, “Went to St. Paul’s Cathedral today. Four hundred gazillion stairs + being scolded three different times for having my camera out = fun.”
Taylor performed to a sold-out crowd last night at Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
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The swift (Apus apus) can power itself to a speed of 111.6km/h (69.3mph) flying horizontally and even upwards. Other birds, such as peregrine falcons, fly faster while diving in a stoop, but the swift is the fastest accurately recorded flying under its own power.
Guadalupe Oak Grove Park, San Jose
Spent hours this morning climbing hills and shooting swifts and swallows. Feeling it now. I think that if I did that every day I would really get into shape!
Swift Transport Training Belfast Dennis Dart Plaxton Reg WJZ 1190 is seen Parked in Falcon Road this bus was New to London United as Reg LG02 FGK and Fleet Number DPS 662
241) House Swift
House Swift, Apus nipalensis, Layang-layang Rumah
Found from Nepal to Southeast Asia region. Aerial creature that only landed on its nest. Common bird that nesting in buildings at both urban and rural area. Feed on insect that it catch in midair.
Layang-layang Rumah sering disalah kenal sebagai Walit. Ia lebih besar saiznya berbanding Walid. Selalu kelihatan bersarang di bangunan di kawasan bandar dan kampung.