Saturday, September 21, 2019

The Swifts

Every evening at dusk, the chimney swifts come in large flocks to dive into this large chimney. They wheel and spin for about 20 minutes before diving inside.


This may be my favorite time of the day. To sit on the hill watching the sunset, while the swifts fly so quietly overhead.




"The race is not to the swift
    or the battle to the strong"

Ecclesiastes 9



13 comments:

Natalia said...

Wow, those vibrant colors of the sky are amazing ☺

Pembrokeshirelass said...

What a sight!! I would imagine watching them do what they always do might calm your spirit and bring peace??

Ann said...

I have never heard of a chimney swift but how fascinating to watch their evening ritual.

aspiritofsimplicity said...

I love watching them but never knew what they were called before.

MadSnapper said...

a beautiful time of day, the light is so special when it is going down. bathing everything in gold

Rose said...

I want to get home and look at these on the computer.....

Chatty Crone said...

Fantastic catches Ginny. Are you saying they all fly into that chimney? Hope it was not a house! That would scare me to death! Sandie

Anni said...

You and I could sit on the hill for hours!! Beautiful, Ginny.

Ruth Hiebert said...

That is oh so special. Around here we get excited if we see one or two swifts.

Tamago said...

Such beautiful, peaceful sceneries! Swifts are so lovely to watch :-) Beautiful purple sky in the last photo xo

Linda said...

I wish I could sit with you......

Nancy Chan said...

I too would love to sit and watch the sunset and swifts if I were there. Stunning sunset sky!

DeniseinVA said...

Wow! It has been a long time since I saw a large flock of birds. Great shots Ginny!

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