20 July 2022
Whoosh! Fast paced birds circle, swoop, rise and fall as they eat flying bugs. Swallows and swifts transfer so quick that it’s laborious to establish them in flight. With one swift and 6 swallow species in our space(*) step one is to resolve: “Is {that a} Swallow or a Swift?“
This stop-action photograph by Patrick bx (@bronxfxdc) makes it straightforward to see the variations described by audubon.org under.
Chimney swift and male tree swallow bronx county pic.twitter.com/sF9w3VF1Bh
— Patrick bx (@bronxfxdc) Might 13, 2022
Is {That a} Swallow or a Swift? Identification clues from Audubon.org.
Even from a distance these two swallow plates from Crossley ID present many options which might be completely different from the chimney swifts at prime.
And at last, chimney swifts make a singular chittering sound in flight.
Swallow or swift? You’ll get loads of follow within the coming weeks because the birds collect for fall migration.
(*) p.s. Listed below are the swallow and swift species that happen in our space — southwestern Pennsylvania.
(pictures from Patrick bx (@bronxfxdc) embedded tweet & the Crossley ID Information to Japanese Birds through Wikimedia Commons; click on on the captions to see the originals)