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01 Chimney Swifts Kissy Face
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01 Chimney Swifts Kissy Face
Chimney Swifts preparing to build a nest and raise their family in a wooden Chimne...
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02 Chimney Swifts Double Stick
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02 Chimney Swifts Double Stick
The Chimmey Swift nest is now under construction. While one parent is gluing a ne...
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03 Chimney Swifts First Egg
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03 Chimney Swifts First Egg
Once the nest is large enough, the female will lay one egg every other day, and bo...
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04 Chimney Swifts Mating
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04 Chimney Swifts Mating
Contrary to some sources, Chimney Swifts do not mate on the wing. They have a hig...
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05 Chimney Swift Salivary Arch
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05 Chimney Swift Salivary Arch
Mated pairs of Chimney Swifts must produce saliva to glue together the twigs that ...
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06 Chimney Swifts Feeding Hatchl...
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06 Chimney Swifts Feeding Hatchlings
The Chimney Swift eggs hatch 8 to 12 hours apart after 18 to 21 days of incubation...
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07 Chimney Swifts Double Feed
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07 Chimney Swifts Double Feed
As the baby swifts grow, the parents must spend more and more time gathering small...
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08 Chimney Swifts Nestling Flap ...
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08 Chimney Swifts Nestling Flap and Parents Feed
Once the young Chimneny Swifts are completely feathered and their eyes are open, t...
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09 Chimney Swifts Frosty-faced N...
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09 Chimney Swifts Frosty-faced Nestlings
As the feather sheaths break open exposing the true feathers, the young swifts pre...
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Vaux's Swifts, Portland
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Vaux's Swifts, Portland
Tens of thousands of migratory Vaux's Swifts make their nightly descent into the c...
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Vaux's Swift Roosting
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Vaux's Swift Roosting
Thousands of Vaux's Swifts (very tiny birds) roost in an elementary school in Port...
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A Swift Night Out
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A Swift Night Out
Over 3,000 Chimney Swifts (birds) return home each night in a giant swarm over a s...
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Chimney Swallows come to roost i...
Every evening, just after sunset, the Chimney Swifts come home to roost in this Ev...
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Vaux's Swifts
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Vaux's Swifts
This is a movie showing the migrating Vaux's Swifts that fly through Portland, OR ...
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