Last swifts left the "Matonge" area of Brussels sometime during the day yesterday after what has been a really great "swifting" season (there were still six...
Dear all, Some time ago I mentioned in one of my first messages to this Group the presence of a small colony of pallid swifts recently discovered here at Vigo ...
Swifts here dont seem to want to leave, this morning terrible thunder storms 7.30 am as soon as it cleared wlthin a few minutes up to thirty swifts screaming...
Hi, I found a young Swift on the ground outside my apt 3 days ago. I have been taking care of it. But not sure if I am doing a good job. If there are any...
I am not at my desk till 8 August. I will reply upon my return. RY...
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Aug 3, 2008 6:42 pm
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Dear Grace- I would recommend that, if possible, you take the young one to a Wildlife Care Center as soon as possible. Young birds need a lot of care and the...
Hi Rosa Thanks for your response Unfortunately the bird died today! I was actually out buying crickets and when I came home it was dead It lasted 4 days in...
Dear all, Defying my (anthropocentric and obviously wrong) assumption that the lack of swifts during the past week was due to the departure to the wintering ...
Hello SMS, I just received an email from another wildlife rehabilitation center in our area. It seems that someone from Ireland has contacted them seeking...
Have a look at this for a ruff and tumble fight. It's the second post up from the bottom http://forum.biggonline.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=45128#45128 Mark -- I am...
Well the owner not always wins... and it is very hard to know who is who. I once saw some footage of a friend of mine. After the fight, the loser left. Night...
I was waiting (a bit bored as there is nothing else to see at this time of the season) for my remaining couple this evening and was very pleased to see at...
On the 5th August I was watching a large group of mainly juvenile Swallows and Martins and a few Swifts(some with full throats) over trees at Bradford on Avon,...
most of the swifts have left ,last night only two swifts came back to roost in two different boxes forty feet apart, or so i thought however just before a bird...
Hi, it was obviously a juvenile Swift.The Hobbys near my town are not able to outfly adult Swifts. Peter (Osnabrück) [Non-text portions of this message have...
Anyone?. Maybe some Group member knows other person who is investigating/studying this species and can give some advice or idea?. Thanks again and regards, ...
Hi Porfirio, me, I',m studying Pallid swift since 2002 in two colonies near my town and the Arcipelago Toscano. Giorgio Paesani Livorno, Toscana, Italia ... ...
Giorgio Paesani
giopae@...
Aug 8, 2008 6:36 am
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Peter, I had assumed that it was a young bird but could not say for sure that it was. Thank you for your observations, Jonathan Pomroy North Yorkshire ... ...
temp 13.5degrees overcast yet an amazing number of swifts flying in screaming parties round my house up to eighteen at one time i drove up into the village a...
While I haven't seen any Swifts in London for a week now. I was in St Neots in Cambridgeshire on Wednesday evening, and spotted a screaming party of eleven...
This juvenile had grease on it's feathers, got him last week, managed to get it all off after 2 washes, and then had to wait for the rain to ease, he's been...
Ciao Giorgio, I am sure that your experience with this species will be very helpful to face this specific challenge. I will not have access to my e-mail for...
Allison, I have Chimney Swifts I've raised. So far, I have release 3 and 6 more will go on Sun. They think they are so big that they won't grab the mealworms...
I wrote (much) too soon that the last swifts left on 31st July. Came back from holidays yesterday and there was a lone swift in the sky. Still keep seeing...
Hi Nick, I haven't seen any Swifts above Beek for a while now. But during a bird excursion in the rainy and overcast morning yesterday morning in the 'polder'...
a few minutes ago I was in my town and saw three swifts feeding over the river. These must be very late because I have not seen any swifts in 10 days Mark -- I...
Four days ago, in the evening (20,30 p.m.) large flocks of Common swifts was flyngh along the coastline from north to south. Last saturday a small flock of...
Giorgio Paesani
giopae@...
Aug 11, 2008 1:17 pm
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I wonder if we are simply near migration routes and our late swift sightings are just swifts from further north pausing for a couple of days where they find...
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