This evening we watched the pink and yellow sky as a backdrop for the Chimney Swifts flying around grabbing insects from the air.
Chimney Swift Facts
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The family name, Apodidae, means
"footless" in Greek. While Chimney do in fact have feet, they're
useful only for clinging to vertical surfaces. They are unable to perch.
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These birds eat, drink, mate, and even sleep on
the wing.
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Chimney Swifts are one of the few bird species
known to use echolocation, like bats do. They emit high-pitched calls that
bounce off objects, helping them navigate.
16 comments:
That must have been a truly incredible sight! Interesting information also. I didn’t know any of this. Thank you Ginny and for the photos also. Gorgeous!
Beautiful sunset. Interesting facts about Chimney Swifts. I didn't know any of that.
These are great pictures of the "golden hour" of the evening. We have a lot of chimney swifts around here. I enjoy watching them as they maneuver through the evening sky. They seem to be great Ariel acrobats as well.
Beautiful pictures and interesting facts on those birds, which I had never heard before.
Awesome sight, both sky and swifts and i had no idea of any of this info on swifts and have never seen them before. I have read about them in books I read.. wow
Totally gorgeous
Sue
Interesting facts about chimney swifts. The photos of the sky are gorgeous.
Okay Ginny, that was INCREDIBLE! I have never seen them, and I have never ever heard of them.
And you got a photo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMAZING.
Love, sandie
Awesome skies.
I didn’t know that about Swifts! It blows me away that they can’t perch.
My parents have swifts where they live. We do not. They love to watch them. Thank you for sharing Ginny!!
Carla
I have never seen that many Chimney Swifts! Great photos.
Wow! Didn't know that!
Those are interesting facts about the chimney swifts. And I love seeing all the different sunsets around you. Lots of golds and oranges in this one. Reminds me of Fall. ; )
~Sheri
Well I declare! I never knew any of that. Fascinating and great shot of them! xoxo
Interesting information about the chimney swifts. I wonder how they can do all that while flying. You got a great shot of them, and as always, your sunsets pictures are stunning.
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