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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.
Composite - One of my favourite birds 2 tries to get this
full frame added the one on the left off to Mull soon for a mini break can't wait :-)
Needed a break from flickr been watching the world cup football there's only one Harry Kane ha I would support Scotland too if they were in it :)
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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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.
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This is a picture of a Swift River Cruiser on the North Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge near Fort Meade, Maryland.
Laurel Quad
I was asked for a B&W version of this schooner, so here it is. Thanks Sher for the I.D., I believe you were right, this is the S.A.L.T.S.' schooner Pacific Swift. I'd love to see her under full canvas.
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!
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.
Feeding on the insects on the wing. Fattening up for the long migration flight through France and Spain to spend their Winter in Africa, south of the Sahara. L.W.T. Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve, Lunt, Sefton, Merseyside.
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.
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
Taken Yeadon Tarn. I took about 30 shots of them swooping over the tarn and this is the best shot..I now know why they are called Swifts.
The common swift (Apus apus) is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles. Swifts' nearest relatives are thought to be the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts.
Their scientific name comes from the Ancient Greek words α "without", and πούς, "feet". ἄπους, apous, meaning "without feet". These birds have very short legs which they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces (hence the German name Mauersegler, literally meaning "wall-glider"). They never settle voluntarily on the ground, where they would be vulnerable to accidents and predation.
To me the sound of the screaming swifts at dusk always reminds me of my childhood . Happy memories !!
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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!
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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En descente sur le fleuve St-Laurent à la hauteur de Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada.
Downbound on the St-Lawrence River in front of Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada.
2019-8-5
Swift Creek is a tributary of the Suwannee near White Springs, Fl. It lives up to its name with fast moving water that at low levels traverses sets of rapids on its way to confluence.
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
Photographing swifts is so much fun. It does after a few hours result in a lot of deleting as well as aching arms and shoulders. As the sun drops exposure is a lot easier but the window of opportunity is small. The red glow in this bird was about 10 mins before I had to give up for the day due to fading light.