Thursday, June 23, 2016

the chimney swift


These birds are most acrobatic and entertaining. The feed on insects while in flight. Fast and agile they dart in the open meadow circling then driving through a group of insects.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-JVlyD7f70

Presently they are in flight just a foot or so above the ground in the field behind me home. Later in the summer they'll follow the bugs to new elevations of 10 - 20 feet.

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