Swifts

Georgia Museum of Natural History - Swifts http://museum.nhm.uga.edu/gawildlife/birds/apodiformes/cpelagica.html
Browse scientific name, classification, and species description. Also find range and conservation status within Georgia, USA.

Humane Society of the United States, The - Chimney Swifts
http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/a_closer_look_at_wildlife/chimney_swifts.html
Check out colour image of swifts’ nest built on vertical wall. Also how to build an artificial chimney to help failing numbers.

IWRC Online - Hummingbirds and Swifts
http://www.iwrc-online.org/kids/Facts/Birds/hummingbirds.htm
Study explanation of “apodiformes” by International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council and position of swifts and hummingbirds. Learning-by-question section.

Maryland: Department of Natural Resources - Chimney Swifts
http://www.dnr.md.gov/wildlife/nhpchimswifts.asp
Inquire into birds that often share your home with humans. Also when, and when not, to clean your chimney.

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission - Chimney Swift http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/wildlife/guides/birds/showbird.asp?BirdID=’246’
Appreciate this concise description of the chimney swift including its strange rocking display. Also colour photograph.

Nova Scotia Museum - Chimney Swift
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0223.htm
Read about bird that rarely lands on the ground. Includes status, description, breeding, and colour drawing.

Paul and Bernice Noll’s Window on the World - Order: Swifts http://www.paulnoll.com/Oregon/Birds/type-Swifts.html
Evaluate article discussing the relationship of the swift and hummingbird. Colour photograph of adult swift and nest on vertical wall.

Print to Web: Convert to Conserve - House Swift http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/Apus_nipalensis.htm
Look into the feeding habits of the swift and how they produce glue to build their nests. Plus lengthy list of references.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The - Swift http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/s/swift/distribution_and_migration.asp
Review article about the distribution in UK and migration of bird thought to copulate on the wing. Includes colour image of swift in-flight.

US Geological Survey - Black Swift: Cypseloides niger
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4220id.html
Study six identification tips of this totally black bird. Plus links to life history and distribution map for US.

US Geological Survey - Chimney Swift: Chaetura pelagica
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4230id.html
Discover the differences between the chimney swift and the four other types of swift in America by studying the tail. Links to colour image of egg and sound clip of adult call.

US Geological Survey - Vaux’s Swift: Chaetura vauxi
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4240id.html
Gain and insight into bird that is difficult to distinguish between sex. Includes eight different ways to identify the vaux’s swift.

US Geological Survey - White-throated Swift: Aeronautes saxatalis
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i4250id.html
Digest description and list of identification tips. Links to audio clip of adult call and map of sightings in US.

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