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Tuesday, August 8. 2023

Chimney Swifts

"Flying cigars." 


I encountered a flock of about 50 of them yesterday afternoon, twittering as they flew. Probably trying to fatten up before their trip to western South America. They can't perch, so you will only see them in the air.


My personal story about Chimney Swifts was in church, a decade ago or so, when one came down the old church chimney. Yes, during Pentacost service! The service was interrupted while I gently snatched the bird while he was trying to get through a closed window and carried him outside.


They are Interesting birds 




Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 13:02 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Sometimes a flying cigar is just a cigar.
#1 Hairless Joe on 2023-08-09 09:38 (Reply)
When we lived in a 1712 colonial house in CT, every year the new nestlings that couldn't exit upward would plummet down the chimney and escape to cling on the curtains, where they (mostly successfully) evaded the family cats until we could catch them and toss them outdoors. The fracas was better than an alarm clock.
#2 Karen Myers (Link) on 2023-08-09 11:37 (Reply)
I almost never see them until I found one inside my house clinging to a window shade one afternoon.
Don't know how he got in as our flue is blocked. Easy enough to shoo outside though.
(Pic in link)
#3 LS (Link) on 2023-08-10 08:19 (Reply)

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