Swift bird taking off from the floor

It is a common belief that common swift birds (apus apus) are unable to take off from the ground. Hence, lots of people try to throw swifts in the air, expecting them to fly away. THIS IS NONSENSE, because a healthy and uninjured swift will NEVER LAND ON THE GROUND. Throwing such a bird in the air will cause enormous pain to the animal, and will cause severe additional injuries. NEVER THROW A LANDED SWIFT IN THE AIR - CONSULT A (SWIFT COMPETENT!!!) VETERINARY UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.
Since many people only believe what they see, we present a video taken at our swift clinic in Frankfurt, Germany. It shows a common swift bird starting from the ground and flying a turn in our "swift training" room, before landing in the curtain.
For more information on the German Swift Association, the clinic, swifts, and on how to help us, please check www.mauersegler.com.

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Education

Tags:

• swift
• bird
• take-off
• flying

[dgfmev]

We are located in Frankfurt, Germany.

[okuma0kuma]

i would still assist a swift into flight by throwing it

[dgfmev]

please try instead to just have it sitting on your hand while you stand in a "statue of liberty" position. there is really no need at all to throw it.

from our experience (with over 5000 common swifts treated in the clinic), even though a swift might seem to be healthy or fully fledged (if you raised a young one by hand), often they might not "want" to take off. in this case just wait some more days and try it again.

[Cooniecrew]

hallo, wir haben gestern einen Mauersegler zum gesund pflegen gebracht bekommen; Ihre Homepage hilft uns sehr. Danke schön.

[tunadebby]

Thank you for posting...'ve always been curious if a swift can take off from grd, now proved.

[DeathsFavorite1]

amazing. they just take off....just likethat.

[sammymfc1]

Love this news ... you have treated over 5000 Swifts? .... where are you? Saw 4 apus apus today ... they keep me going... sure okuma didn't mean throw as in a baseball. Scottish Swift lover.

[kmoukaddem]

Wow. This is news to me. I'm dumbfounded. Thanks for the post

[jinkeze]

swift clinic... nice :)