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When the Swifts check the nest places in the tiny backyard of my house (only 6,09 m for maneuvers) they fully expose the ability of the art of light

Falke 42 (1995)

 

 

Please note that the eyes are always parallel to the ground:

 

 

 

 

 

For further information read: Head Orientation in Flight of Common Swift Apus apus Osprey 4: 35

 

 

The following little movie made by Ludovic shows a 180° rotation of the Common Swift in flight.

Flight - movie (mpeg file, 263 KB)

With kind permission of Ludovic.

Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Ludovic.

Уз љубазну дозволу г. Лудовица

Uz ljubaznu dozvolu g. Ludovica

 

Published with kind permission of (c) Raymond De Smet

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