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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.
This is a Swift (Apus apus) which was part of a big group of Swifts feeding on insects on Fenns Moss NNR (National Nature Reserve).
I took these photo earlier in the year and put some on Flickr. However, I had so many of these images to go through that I thought I was able to sort some of the better ones out for more careful processing.
Initially when I tried to photograph them I was having no success at all. For 40 minutes I tried, and most of the hundreds of frames I shot didn't even have a Swift in them or it was going out of frame. They were just too fast when they flew in closer, and you literally had only a fraction of a second to frame them. They were usually out of frame before I had time to press the shutter button. Then I found if I picked up the bird further away and got the AF locked on it, that eventually it would wheel back in close, which made keeping it in the frame and tracking it much easier.
There was quite a cold breeze, but it was sunny. A line of trees along the old rail way line was acting as a wind break, and big clouds of flies were in the sheltered area from the wind behind the trees, but which caught the sun. Here several hundred Swifts had gathered to hunt these flies.
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.
Swift by name and swift by nature - tricky birds to photograph!! Seen at The Abbey Halesowen West Midlands UK - 27-08-24
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.
A short 26 car 910 drops downhill near Swift as it slows for the west siding switch. Todays meet between 910 and his westbound counterpart 909 will take place just ahead. GP38-2's 4438 and 4417 lead the way east on April 12, 1983.
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.