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* I thought you might like a break from English history. This is from 2017 showing pleasing fall colours along the Swift River in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
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The sly expression on this Swift Fox (Vulpes fulva) makes me wonder what it is thinking about the intrusion in its territory. I was in a blind a fair distance from the den site and the animals appeared at ease while I observed their behaviour on the prairie landscape in southeastern Alberta.
I entered the blind early in the day before they came out of the den and remained there until they disappeared down into the den for the day or night.
28 June, 2009.
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In my last post, the female was photographed waiting for the male Swift Fox (Vulpes fulva) to arrive back at the den site and when he did, he posed majestically in front of the blind likely to figure out what had arrived on the prairie landscape near the den. Once his curiosity was satisfied, he proceeded to interact with the female and young at the entrance to the den. This den was found in southeastern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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Melbourne, Australia
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The swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) breeds in Tasmania and migrates north to south eastern Australia from Griffith-Warialda in New South Wales and west to Adelaide in the winter. It is related to the rosellas, with the feeding habits of a lorikeet. It is the only member in the genus Lathamus.
There was estimated to be fewer than 2000 mature individuals remaining in the wild as of 2011. In 2014, researchers from the Australian National University modelled that the species may face extinction by 2031 due to predation and loss of habitat,the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) upgraded the status of the swift parrot from endangered to critically endangered in October 2015 based on results from the study. {information from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_parrot)
... towards the weekend - TGIF!
Common moorhen / Teichralle (Gallinula chloropus)
on the pond of Botanical Garden, Frankfurt
A Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) its next to its underground den ever vigilant of any potential danger to itself and pups who are romping around on the prairie landscape on the Onefour Ranch in southeastern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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A Swift Fox (Vulpes velour) pup plays under the watchful eye of the parent and keeps within view of the den entrance on the prairie landscape in a wildlife reserve in southern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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Swift current Lake at Many Glacier
Glacier National Park,
Rocky Montains,
Lugar: Montana
País: USA
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An adult Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) searches the prairie landscape near her burrow or den for any danger to her pups or the return of her mate with any food for the family. This den was located in south eastern Alberta on the prairie landscape on the One-Four Ranch.
28 June, 2009.
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A Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) sits outside its den on the prairie landscape in southern Alberta, Canada.
While assisting a colleague in a study of Burrowing Owls in the area, we observed this fox and its young.
28 June, 2009.
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An adult female Swift Fox (Vulpes fulva) is ever alert in all directions to potential danger at the entrance of the den on the prairie grasslands of the One-Four Ranch in south eastern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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With the disappointment of not managing to catch up with the Night Heron early Sunday morning fresh in our minds, we consoled ourselves and spent a bit of time watching the Swallows, Swifts and House Martins skimming the empty lake for a drink.
A different angle from a favourite spot. Shot on Whitefish River First Nation.
Swift Current, Ontario.
Taken in 2019 at Wilstone, Tring back when the world seemed a little more normal. I never processed this shot back then as the swift was really under exposed. I could push the shadows in Lightroom but it became really noisy. I used Topaz Denoise AI on just the bird and as a result managed to recover some of the detail. I always enjoy photographing the swift’s at the Tring reservoirs.
Spain; Alicante, Clot de Galvany 12/9/21.
I still find these one of THE identification conundrums of late summer/autumn. Juvenile Common Swifts are the major problem as adults are usually moulting. In spring, I find Pallid Swifts can be blindingly obvious… they’re all adults; but in late summer juvenile Common Swifts can certainly muddy the waters. I’ve tentatively identified and sometimes aged these when obviously moulting adults. Slightly broader wings and slightly blunter tail on Pallid can help, but of course with birds moulting outer primaries that can go out the window...
The light plays a big part, but as ever the major thing is experience… I don’t watch Pallid Swift every day of the week, at least not in central France...
When I was a twitcher in the UK it was easy, like black and white. I just read it in a book so it must be so. Then I started watching Pallids in late summer in the early 1980’s and pretty soon realised that it wasn’t quite like that… such are the joys of birding… always learning.
It is always a fantastic day when you have these little rockets whizzing all around you. Having them fly past you just a few cm's away is something you never forget, especially if you are a kid when you experience it for the first time.
I took this a couple of days ago at Wilstone reservoir, Tring. We often get good numbers there but they have dropped off in the last few years. Hopefully they will bounce back.
Taken handheld with the Canon R7 and an adapted EF100-400II lens.
Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)
A couple of birds from June last year when a birding mate and I managed to see the two critically endangered Parrots here in Southern Australia in the space of four days.
Spain; Alicante, Clot de Galvany 12/9/21.
I still find these one of THE identification conundrums of late summer/autumn. Juvenile Common Swifts are the major problem as adults are usually moulting. In spring, I find Pallid Swifts can be blindingly obvious… they’re all adults; but in late summer juvenile Common Swifts can certainly muddy the waters. I’ve tentatively identified and sometimes aged these when obviously moulting adults. Slightly broader wings and slightly blunter tail on Pallid can help, but of course with birds moulting outer primaries that can go out the window...
The light plays a big part, but as ever the major thing is experience… I don’t watch Pallid Swift every day of the week, at least not in central France...
When I was a twitcher in the UK it was easy, like black and white. I just read it in a book so it must be so. Then I started watching Pallids in late summer in the early 1980’s and pretty soon realised that it wasn’t quite like that… such are the joys of birding… always learning.
I wanted to post a tribute to my old friend Ed Swift from Warren, MA. Ed was an avid railfan photographer who passed away in 2009. Ed served his country as an aviator in WW II, Korea and Vietnam. He flew transport planes at the end of the war in the Pacific including a forced landing in the ocean with all the crew surviving. Ed loved his classic Alpa cameras as he is holding in this picture in Palmer, MA on March 28, 2003.