Swifts | A Bird That Doesn't Perch, Stand or Walk

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If you do an online search of swifts, you will get an abundance of images of the bird in flight. There will also be a couple pictures of the bird in someone's hand, not standing, but a sort of awkward sitting or leaning forward on its chest. They are often mislabeled as swallows. In fact, early ornithologists thought that that's what they were.
And while swifts and swallows do have similarities in body size, wing shape and foraging style, swifts take those characteristics and bump it up about 10 notches.
Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
Specialized Purpose 00:39
All Eyes and Mouth 01:04
Legs, Feet and Flight 01:57
Perpetual Summer 03:04
Roosting and Torpor 03:18
Nests 03:56
White-nest Swiftlet (Edible-nest Swiftlet) 04:21
Conclusion 05:04
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Credits in order of appearance:
Introduction
-Common swift in flight by Denja1 from Canva.com
-Black swift in flight from avs_It from Canva.com
-Common swift in flight from Gerdzhikov from Canva.com
-Swift in hand by Peter Trimming from Flickr.com
-Swift in hand 2 by intek1 from Canva.com
-Swift in hand 3 by Annastaccia from Canva.com
-Swift in hand 4 by intek1 from Canva.com
Black swift in flight by avs_It from Canva.com
-Split screen Common swift (L) by Denja1 from Canva.com and Barn swallow (R) by AGAMI Stock from Canva.com
-Video: Common swift in flight by BlackBoxGuild from videvo.net
Specialized Purpose
-Pallid swift by AGAMI Stock from Canva.com
-Alpine swift by AGAMI Stock from Canva.com
-Pallid swift by Ali Tellioglu from Canva.com
All Eyes and Mouth
-Common swift by Marc Pascual from Pixabay.com
-Common swift in flight by Denja1 from Canva.com
-Common swift in flight by Denja1 from Canva.com
-Almost forward facing eyes Common swift 3-up by Farinosa from Canva.com
-Common swift by tomasztc from Canva.com
-Red-tailed hawk by mary_gossett_tx from Pixabay.com
-Common swift by Yaroslava Pravedna from Canva.com
-Swifts in flight by Paksir from Canva.com
-Common swift with mouth open by AGAMI Stock from Canva.com
-Sky full of swifts by Unknown from Canva.com
Legs, Feet and Flight
-Pallid swifts showing short legs by Gerdzhikov by Canva.com
-Western tanager, Western meadowlark and Steller's Jay by All Things Birdie
-European Robin by Nick Fox from Canva.com
-Swift clinging to hand by tomasztc from Canva.com
-Swift clinging to blue wall close up by Aliaksandr from Canva.com
-Clinging to tree by Farinosa from Canva.com
-Avian foot arrangements diagram by Darekk2 from Wikipedia.com
-Long narrow wings (L) and (M) by Gerdzhikov from Canva.com, and Chimney swift (R) by danlogan from Canva.com
-Bathe in flight by AGAMI Stock from Canva.com
Roosting and Torpor
-Vaux's swifts by Blue Velcro from Flickr.com
-Video: Chimney swifts by Bill McChesney from Flickr.com
-White-throated Swifts by Richard Crossley from Wikipedia.com
-Common Swifts by Andrew_Howe from Canva.com
-Chimney swifts roosting, on wood slab by Jim Williams from Canva.com
-Chimney swifts in chimney by Greg Schechter from Flickr.com
Nests
-5-Split Screen: Mossy-nest Swiftlets in cave by Mike Prince from Flickr.com, Pallid swift by Gerdzhikov from Canva.com, Chimney by martinme2d from Pixabay.com, Common swift by mirceax from Canva.com, Hollowed out tree trunk by Sarah Beran from Canva.com
-4-Up: Air vent by Prapat Aowsakorn from Canva.com, Silos by Baloncici from Canva.com, Barn by JillWellington from Canva.com, Garage by PCPhotography from Canva.com
-Chimney swift nest by Jim Williams from Canva.com
-Sooty swift on nest by Francesco Veronesi from Flickr.com
White-nest Swiftlet (Edible-nest Swiftlet)
-White-nest Swiftlet from Mike Price from Flickr.com
-Video: Nests on cutting board by BlackBoxGuild from videvo.net
-Chimney swift by danlogan from Canva.com
-Split screen: Chimney swift tower (L) by The_Gut from Flickr.com, and Chimney swift tower (R) by bobistraveling from Flickr.com
-Chimney by Virynja from Canva.com
-3-Up tree cavities (L) by Michele Jackson from Canva.com, (M) by pixelshot from Canva.com, (R) by Alevina Danilenko from Canva.com
Conclusion
-Common swift by AGAMI Stock from Flickr.com
-Vaux's swifts by Brian Olafsson from Flickr.com
-Alpine swift flock by AGAMI Stock from Canva.com
Thumbnail credit: Common swift by Denja1 from Canva.com

Пікірлер: 22

@kestrelsandcrows6871 5 ай бұрын

From an evolutionary viewpoint, I regard the swift as one of the most developed species on this planet: In the early beginning, life emerged in the sea, and our vertebrate ancestors were swimming in the oceans. The first big step was when the vertebrates went ashore, and the second big step was when the birds took the sky. But for me, the ruler of the sky is not the eagle or the falcon. The greatest bird is the swift that is swimming in the big ocean of air. The swift lives most of the year in the large ocean above. Thanks for your nice videos.

@a.swifty1081 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful little birds.

@tanapontux6242 3 ай бұрын

There are attempts to domesticate edible-nest swift at least in Thailand and Malaysia. They would build or modify buildings specifically to attract these little birds to nest in side in their habitats and safe guarding them to harvest those nest later. As the price of their nest are so attractive, these buildings are fairly common from the gulf of Thailand to the tip of Malaysian peninsula. I think these farming attempts make it fairly common to find the species in the area.

@BRUXXUS 3 ай бұрын

Cool! They look so aerobatic and sleek. They’re basically bat-birds!

@sjain8111 3 ай бұрын

they are frequently mistaken for bats because of their twisting flight but the way to tell them apart is bats don’t make audible sound whereas swifts twitter

@zetareticulan321 3 ай бұрын

Instead of Batman, Swiftman.

@BRUXXUS 3 ай бұрын

@@zetareticulan321 That would be pretty cool, honestly! Although, I think people would just think he's a big fan of Taylor Swift . hahaha

@zetareticulan321 3 ай бұрын

@@BRUXXUS 😆

@barcafan710 7 ай бұрын

I got into birding over a year ago I'm a big fan of your videos; I always learn so much from them and the effort you put into them is noticeable! Where I live, I see (and hear) chimney swifts during the summer. I also saw the common swift for the first time this summer while I was travelling in Portugal. I was amazed to learn that they spend almost all of their time flying.

@allthingsbirdie 7 ай бұрын

I appreciate that very much and I'm glad you find them helpful!

@dasrobson Ай бұрын

What a nice and informative video!

@OspreyFlyer 6 ай бұрын

Had some hanging out in an area I bird during this past Autumn migration. They stayed a few weeks. Could hear their "chittering". Only heard that a couple of times over the years.

@greggillson388 6 ай бұрын

Great information and outstanding editing once again!

@allthingsbirdie 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! This was a fun video to create.

@wasabiginger6993 6 ай бұрын

Wow, did not know anything about them and they are incredible! Did some research and learned that sometimes they migrate to Hawai’i but it’s rare. They remind me a bit of Shearwaters whom I just love! We have them here.