They even take their baths in flight by dipping in a water source ... You may hear the distinctive twittering call of a swift bird before you look up to see it flying above. Up to 35,000 Vaux ...

A ten-month flight phase is the longest we know of any ... As long-distance migrants, each swift bird spends the winter months in warmer climates. Swifts range in terms of where they call home ...

Birds come in all shapes and forms. And some of them soar at incredible speed. Here are some of the fastest birds that can be found on this Earth ...

Held by UNC’s Avian Society, the event included speakers and attendees hoping to share their love for Chimney Swifts with fellow bird enthusiasts. Member Sydney McLean said the roosting of the ...

Chances are you've never seen a chimney swift up close ... they live their whole lives in flight or inside of a chimney. They're loving birds, they are all very together." The birds huddle ...

TWO red-listed birds have been spotted in North Herefordshire. According to bird spotting website, goingbirding.com, a C ...

The Vaux's Swift is a tiny bird – some people call it “a cigar ... roosting at about a dozen major sites, about a day’s flight apart. Once the swifts get to a site, they’ll stay and ...

What's mystifying about the common swift, though, is that its flight requires almost constant wing-flapping, making its grueling migratory habits even more of a physiological mystery than that of a ...