Looking great Dick. I'm just back from 5 brilliant days in Scotland and find two of my pairs have built big doughnuts of 'cotton wool'. There must be seeds of...
hi all A young guy over here just in to swifts and has one pair already on two eggs has two great photos of a swift looking at his second box. What's amazing...
hi all Just back from Scotland yesterday and very happy to hear and see large numbers of bangers at my house this morning. Videos are uploading to YouTube now....
Here is the link to his photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/fsphil/3577722297/in/photostream/ Mark ... From: Mark Smyth To: www swifts Sent: Monday, June 01,...
Very nice photo! Whats the name of the young guy? I want to safe the photo and need the photographer's name for the file. Exposed to the sun, the feathers...
Ulrich I have already asked him, Philip Heron, for a copy of his originals. The photos were taken last week. Mark Very nice photo! Whats the name of the young...
Thank you Mark. If it is a photo from last week, it is hardly possible that it is a chick from Israel. In average (!) they just started fledging 2 days ago. In...
... Hiya Mark, Ulrich et all, I have uploaded the original images here: http://www.sanslogic.co.uk/misc/swift-20090530/ They where taken just a few days ago,...
Philip Heron
phil@...
Jun 1, 2009 6:27 pm
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here in N Ireland the thermometer in the shade has been in the middle 20s all day. Great for us to have this weather for a change but the swifts in my west...
Dear Swifts Friends, Ulrich is quite right! We had a memorable and highly educative time in and around Livorno, Elba, Modena and Mantova, where thanks to the...
Yes sun is not good at all, you might have lots of Swifts, but no chicks because they simply cook inside your boxes. 20° in the shade is not very high, if you...
Do we have any up to date data on what temperature one must stay below in the box? The body temperature of birds is said to be 40-42°C, so it is presumably...
Dick Newell
dick.newell@...
Jun 2, 2009 5:20 am
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A couple of days ago, in the afternoon, I had 6 Swifts flying around the house, so I placed a speaker on the ground below the boxes to see what would happen. 3...
Dick Newell
dick.newell@...
Jun 2, 2009 6:10 am
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I didnt get to bed last night until after 1am and just rudely woken this morning, just after 7, by screaming swifts. I'm too awake now to go back to bed. They...
Hi all here are the videos of my over heating swifts Mark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKypmeKav3g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml4MWcxkXAs -- I am using...
Hi Mark, I helped recently out in a project to put up some boxes on an East-South-East facing wall and fixed planks above to provide shade from the midday sun....
Nice solution Nick ! This is even more important for this type of boxes, because the particular angle of the roof works like a small solar panel. I see this in...
Dear Amnonn, Thank you for sharing this very particular moment. I am sure that the person who called you is now very much interested in Swifts after your...
... I decided to let it fly. I threw it up from the open balcony and it took off nicely, flying like drunk. Well done for the rescue Amnonn, but all the advice...
I just tried to find the link to the Italian trip photos. Can someone repost it please Mark -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community...
People experienced in ringing full grown swifts (either captured by chance when working on reed bed birds or caught purposely by flicking) know that grounded...
thanks -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 14051 of my spam emails to...
In the Swiss research of 3874 Knuchel, Melanie & Weber, Kilian: 2008. Der Temperaturverlauf in verschiedenen Brutstätten des Mauerseglers (The march of...
I was glad to read your post, Ulrich, as I had just posted the message below to UK-Swifts forum: Re: over heating swifts I've never measured it, but my guess...
Allow me to disagree. If Swifts breed in the boxes, that is simply because they do not 'know' about the consequences this might have. You may have many Swifts...
Louis-Philippe, Thanks for the below answer to Geoff's email. I fully agree with the content of your message. Kind regards, Marleen Andriessen Amstelveen, the...
Dear Geoff, Thank you very much for your post. You are right about that when it comes to grounded adults as it sure is likely that they are having a technical...
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