A very interesting site of Richard and Diane Van Vleck about the Barn Swallow : http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/per/b4.htm Louis-Philippe Arnhem B-3001...
The Chimney Swift was still present yesterday around the church and the little harbour of the île de Sein (western France). Strong winds there too... A...
Hi have some good ( i think so anyway!!) shots of the above available at www.wildpix.net, under African or European birds then specific categories, I can make...
Great Martin ! I think they are very well done. How can we see that these Swift and Swallow pictures are yours ? Louis-Philippe Arnhem B-3001 Heverlee (Leuven...
Yesterday I saw 10-15 Pallid swifts (Apus pallidus) catching insects very hing in the sky over Livorno, Tuscany, central Italy. Some of them try to pass the...
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Nov 2, 2005 1:51 pm
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I don't know much about moulting of those Swifts (maybe Ulrich does), but I would like to know how they roost in that tower Giorgio. Is it inside, or clinging...
They roost mainly in their nests, "glued" in the cavities of the top of the tower. The nests are built in a very strange way, very similar to the swallow's...
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Nov 2, 2005 4:03 pm
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Forwarded message. Louis-Philippe Arnhem B-3001 Heverlee (Leuven 33 km E of Brussels) Belgium http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Swallows-Martins-Swifts-Worldwide/ ...
Mickaël saw a TV broadcasting that was talking about Swifts in Madagascar and wonders if Apus apus is getting there too. Louis-Philippe Arnhem B-3001 Heverlee...
An article concerning the acceptance of nest boxes by the Common Swift (Apus apus) in Berlin. See below. If somebody (in Germany) could give us the main...
Hi All, As many of you know probably know, I wrote an article about Pierfrancesco Micheloni and the Ebbaken Project in September. As an update, I met up with...
A Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris present around one of the many churches of Mechelen (Malines), a town in Belgium between Antwerp and Brussels. It is only...
Pictures of the Chimney Swift in France, île de Sein. http://www.ornithomedia.com/pratique/equipemt/equipement_art12_94.htm Pictures by Marianne and Thierry...
Louis-Philippe, I found two more educational pictures of unusual positions of CS, look at http://www.commonswift.org/pics_english.html no. 3 and 4 from top....
A friend, Sue Rix, was in Sardinia the last week of October, and tells me she saw lots of Crag Martins Ptyonoprogne rupestris in the mountains there. They are...
Hi, We have Crag Martins here in Málaga province (S. Spain). They breed up in the mountains, often with in less than 30 kms of the coast but don't come down...
Andrew Paterson
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Nov 8, 2005 10:35 am
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There's a new book out on the subject of bird flight. It's called Avian Flight, it's by J Videler, it's obtainable from www.nhbs.com/bb-books (e-mail =...
In the early summer of 2001 I visited Ventimiglia, an italian town just before the french Mentone. When walking along the main road we crossed the bridge on...
Dear Friends, Thanks for all these interesting descriptions of Crag Martin occurrence and behaviour. I have a couple of observations that might add a little to...
Greetings to all: With regard to Edward's comment about seeing them on New Year's Day in Ronda, that town is well inland, set up in the Serrania de Ronda and...
Andrew Paterson
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Nov 10, 2005 10:00 am
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Here you will find a message from Mr. Giovanni Paulis from Sardinia, who dotay have seen, and made some photos, few Crag martins building their nest!! Bye!! ...
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Dear all, Forwarded form AvianReferences mailing list. JS. ... Condition, reproduction and survival of barn swallows from Chernobyl A. P. MOLLER, T. A....
Dear friends, Common Swifts reported 1 October - 12 November in the Swedish Report System for Birds http://svalan.artdata.slu.se/birds/default.asp , see list...
Hello all, Clipped and pasted this mail from another mailing list. Thought it might be of some interest. Regards, Eddie Chapman. Voss, Norway. Birding...
High Altitude Swallows - is there any evidence that they are reliant on cattle providing dung providing flies at these "Alpine" altitudes? Or are they absent...
Dear Friends, If you follow this link http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/disease/ai/index.htm you will find the report on the recent outbreak...
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