Hello again, the London swifts seemed to go away early this year, well before the 21st August, we had a lot of cloudy days.....I was also in the Algarve again...
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David
mybitofthepl...
Sep 1, 2011 9:14 pm
A follow-up to my previous post - This cloudless evening at 8.28pm the first of the chicks fledged some twenty minutes after just one of its parents returned...
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Jochem Kuhnen
xjochemx
Sep 2, 2011 7:10 pm
Hi David, Good to hear the Swifts have a couple of days with nice weather to fledge. An excellent season indeed with chicks fledging succesfully this late in...
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David
mybitofthepl...
Sep 2, 2011 9:12 pm
Thanks again Jochem, Well, on what has been the best summer's day (26C this afternoon) since before August began, the Swifts' nesting season has come to its...
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Common Swift
northern_swift
Sep 8, 2011 8:42 am
Dear friends, Â here is something green http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebjork/3724609215/sizes/o/in/photostream/ from the subtitles I got it is...
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Amnonn Hahn
amnonnhahhn
Sep 8, 2011 9:29 am
Very nice I will ask my daughter who lives there to check it out. Amnonn _____ From: Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide@yahoogroups.com ...
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Common Swift
northern_swift
Sep 10, 2011 7:56 am
Dear friends, I want to inform you about two new articles in APUSlife. Mrs Bresgunova reports about her own Russian article: The character of Common Swift...
pls scroll down to 7th pic, emnjoy! http://takeoffswift.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/%E6%88%91%E6%98%AF%E9%9B%A8%E7%87%95/ kind regards Ulrich...
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Amnonn Hahn
amnonnhahhn
Sep 11, 2011 4:45 pm
Outstanding photos! Amnonn _____ From: Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
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Jochem Kuhnen
xjochemx
Sep 11, 2011 6:45 pm
Hi Ulrich, What species is that, do you happen to know? I don’t see a throat patch at all? Kind regards, Jochem Kühnen, Beek Ubbergen, the Netherlands. ...
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Common Swift
northern_swift
Sep 12, 2011 5:24 am
Hi Jochem, I have no further info. My idea is that it is a chick of Common Swift in captivity. Kind regards Ulrich ... From: Jochem Kuhnen...
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Dick Newell
picassooscar...
Sep 12, 2011 7:09 am
A translation from ...
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Marysia Kelly
marysia_anim...
Sep 12, 2011 8:25 am
These are truly beautiful, I never tire of seeing swifts close up and it is my dream to actually hold one one day Kind regards Marysia ...
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Dick Newell
picassooscar...
Sep 12, 2011 10:19 am
I am afraid I do not share other's enthusiasm for these pictures. A Swift, obviously in trouble, water-logged, floundering around in water? Am I missing...
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Schaden Gabriele
Gabriele.Schaden@...
Sep 12, 2011 10:55 am
I think he or she was drinking and bathing and drying its plumage afterwards.... or am I wrong? Gabriele Vienna Austria ________________________________ Von:...
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Common Swift
northern_swift
Sep 12, 2011 11:54 am
06/11/2011 21:10 fire fighters from Tel - Aviv, were called to rescue a pigeon trapped in a shutter  www.hnn.co.il/gallery14439.html  Kind regards Ulrich ...
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Dick Newell
picassooscar...
Sep 12, 2011 11:58 am
This bird must have been placed in the water by a misguided carer. Swifts never ever land to bathe in water. Dick On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Schaden...
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Louis-Philippe Arnhem
arnhem_louis...
Sep 12, 2011 7:02 pm
Yes you are right. The bird is called Barzaka and has been cared for. I hope they do it right. Louis-Philippe Arnhem Leuven, Belgium ... From: Dick Newell To:...
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Common Swift
northern_swift
Sep 13, 2011 7:23 am
Dear friends, Gillian asks me to post her comment: "With reference to “The Bathing Swift” photographs, this is obviously a foundling juvenile about 10-14...
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Edward Mayer
rondino2004
Sep 15, 2011 4:27 pm
I agree with Gillian and Dick, this is a wild creature that has been captured, mishandled and turned into a plaything. A very bad example! Yours, Edward...
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Veronica Bowers
ripariariparia
Sep 15, 2011 4:36 pm
Indeed, a very bad example. Those photos are terribly disturbing and it is blatantly obvious that the bird is in a very poor state of health and terrified....
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Common Swift
northern_swift
Sep 16, 2011 7:50 am
There are many poor Swifts shown. A major problem is that the people do not know what they do, http://eumenidas.blog.cz/1007/mrnous-rorys-a-statisticke-udaje ...
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amnonnhahhn
Sep 17, 2011 8:30 am
Hi all Autumn migration is right here! Here is a great clip just filmed by Yuval Dax of 10,000 storks: http://www.youtube.com/user/yuvaldax1#p/u/53/KYpOaOCrS24...
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Jochem Kuhnen
xjochemx
Sep 17, 2011 3:21 pm
Wow Amnonn! Thanks for sharing! There were some messages about migrating Storks on the email-group of the local bird workgroup. I shared the link you shared as...
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Mark Smyth
marknsmyth
Sep 17, 2011 3:31 pm
WOW! I have only seen one white stork so that sight must be amazing Mark Hi all Autumn migration is right here! Here is a great clip just filmed by Yuval Dax...
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Marysia Kelly
marysia_anim...
Sep 18, 2011 9:12 am
This is amazing I have only seen 4 on a church roof in Portugal, beautiful, kind regards, Marysia ________________________________ From: Mark Smyth...
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Lyndon Kearsley
lyndon.kearsley
Sep 18, 2011 11:26 am
Hi Amnon, Really nice and appropriate video. Midday (12:10) yesterday I had a swirling group of 114 white storks passing slowly over my garden. Biggest group...
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Amnonn Hahn
amnonnhahhn
Sep 18, 2011 8:56 pm
Hi Jochem, Yuval is one of the leading birds instructors in Israel and one of the top Nature Film Photographers. Naturally birds. Well, you can come over...
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Dick Newell
picassooscar...
Sep 20, 2011 8:07 am
As the Swift season is now well and truly over, we have written a report on the AfS blog <http://actionforswifts.blogspot.com> of things we have been doing...
