Today in Rye, East Sussex, UK, I saw from about 07-00 onwards until nearly 18-00 small numbers of Swifts Apus apus flying at about 50 to 100 metres altitude in...
Dear Mike, Sorry, no end yet to this awkward topic. Could these ticks be better adapted for mammal hosts, and only occasionally appear in swiftlet nests? The...
Southwest germany, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (city name) What a lovely day: Sunny weather with almost no clouds, a gentle breeze and 23 degrees Celsius and -...
Thanks Rob. -- Paul D. and Georgean Z. Kyle Driftwood Wildlife Association 1206 West 38th, Suite 1105 Austin, TX 78705 phone / fax (512) 266-3861 Visit our web...
Greetings from Texas, For those of you who are awake (it is 11:00 AM CDT here), you might enjoy taking a look at our web cam. More than 120 Chimney Swifts are...
Mark, They simply fly straight up and down - like miniature helicopters. They also scramble up a wall with their strong feet - flapping their wings all the...
Mark, My pleasure. Glad you had a chance to see it. At about 8:10 PM CDT (8 hours from now), the swifts will be returning to roost. You may want to try and...
At about 8:10 PM CDT (8 hours from now), the swifts will be returning to roost. Paul I'll have to dream about them as it will be 3am-4am here in Europe. Mark ...
Greetings, For those of you who just got our message about the lounging Chimney Swifts, sorry -- they have left for the day (2:22 PM CDT). However, for any of...
Jan & others in the group Jan said "Could these ticks be better adapted for mammal hosts, ..." There were 30 nests in this colony which was placed in a...
just a few minutes ago I made the first pics of migrating swifts which were feeding just above our city. I have no experience with taking pics of flying swifts...
Hi, These photos have been loaded by Louis-Philippe, to whom many thanks. The bird in question is a juvenile and was caught and ringed last week (end of...
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Hi, Until this year the only known pair of nesting Little Swift A. affinis was the well known pair at Bolonia (Cádiz). Now another site, currently being kept...
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that is a gorgeous bird. There was a report of a white swallow reared on a farm near my house last year but I could never see it. Mark [Non-text portions of...
Hello ! If you are interested birds in general and what happening in Malta, see next Website: http://www.sofnet.org/index.asp?lev=2185&typ=1 REGARDS, Hannu ...
Hannu The photo is in the swallow folder images Barn Swallow there are only 3 photos in there 2 of which are the swallow [Non-text portions of this message...
Mark ! Yes, now I see, but in the morning I visited in same folder and there were not any this kind of photo. Very interesting case ! L-P or Andy !! Does it...
I try to give you a short english summery of the text below... Hallo, ich bekam eine Nachricht von Dr. Martin Kraft (Uni Marburg), er ist wohl einer der...
Hi Hannu, I have just spoken with José Antonio who took the photos and they are maximum size for some reason (I know nothing about digital photography). ...
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Thanks Andy ! L-P : Does it mean that Screen Size: 22 KB is that photo (icon) which we click before we see it as an bigger ? Full Size: 178 KB means that...
Hi Mark, The leucistic one I saw some years since was beautiful and also a shade or so paler than the one in the photos. Andy ... From: "Mark Smyth"...
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Hi all ! If you want to see differend kind of Color morphs and Hybrids, see below links: There are also one swift, one swallow and one sand martin .... ...
If you want to see differend kind of Color morphs and Hybrids, see below links: I hope it is OK to talk on here about other birds. I live beside the huge lake...
Mark ! Few years ago I saw 6-7 pure white mallard duck in Mikkeli, which situated about 300 km North from Helsinki. One year ago I saw one pure white mallard ...