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Thu, 26/04/2007 - 12:49pm
 
 A webcam in a swift's nest. Meet the birds that never land, except when on the nest. Once they fly out of the nest they will be on the wing for at least two years before they start breeding. __________________
Tue, 31/07/2007 - 1:55am
#2
It is usual for the adult swifts to fly away when the young has left the nest, but on Beleef de Lente they have stayed for 12 days on the nest, which is quite unusual. While I write this they left the nest. Still comfy in their nest
one of the them got up and looked out the opening of the nesthole
the other one joined, because the nestopening is closer to the cam the pic is always a little bit blurred when they are there
as if still needy of sleep, it closed it's eyes
In a second they have left the nest. Will they be back tonight or have they started their journey to South Africa? __________________
Mon, 30/07/2007 - 12:41am
#3
Ceri, I'm sorry to hear that your second swift has died! Nature can be cruel... Have a good week, keep on telling us about your sightings! __________________
Nkosi sikelel' iAfrica (National Hymn of SA) God bless Africa!
Sat, 28/07/2007 - 4:12pm
#4
 
nice cerithe - i finnally took time to read all the pages - kool __________________
SOUTH AFRICA -AMAZING COUNTRY
Sat, 28/07/2007 - 10:09am
#5
Hi cerinthe so glad U got involved with the Swifts,its a great way to learn and make a difference at the same time. I thought after our chat U and other Swift enthusiasts mite be interested in this site. http://www.concentric.net/~dwa/page56.html Generally Im not out in evenings but I may just go out abit later then I normally do and stay out abit later. This is something all North Americans can take part in.
Fri, 27/07/2007 - 4:26pm
#6
I had a look at the Beleef de lente site and saw that although the young left on the 19th July, the adults are still sleeping on the nest.
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Fri, 27/07/2007 - 4:22pm
#7
How fortunate you are. I have to go out in the street to see my nestboxes, which is not that great to follow their progress if I get swifts. The back of my house becomes too warm in summer. But first of all I must attract swifts to my nestboxes. I miss the sounds I played, but there is no sense in keep on doing it. Tonight I still saw quite a number of swifts, but they were high up in the sky. __________________
Fri, 27/07/2007 - 4:03pm
#8
It is about the 2e Swift you found Me and my English writing That nest came to me as a gift, so close to my home. Can hear them while I am in the house, so they call and I look. Even the young ones with their soft cheerping, I can hear. When at the PC, I can see the movements also. Allert all these 3 month of their staying here, even at home
Fri, 27/07/2007 - 3:42pm
#9
Thanks Swift. What a perfect place for it to nest, this is the typical nesting places for them from what I've learned so far. You have been studying them for 6 years now, you have quite a history with them. I became echanted with them this summer, their acrobatic feats and the shere pleasure they have in tearing through the air. On the better days when they came in big hordes, it was a joy to watch them going though the street as if they played in a Sci-fi movie, doing their playful stunts in learning where to look for new nesting holes. I can understand your addiction with them. What did you mean with So sorry the 2e one did not survive its "fall/take off" ? __________________
Fri, 27/07/2007 - 6:53am
#10
Do they nest in your house or do you have a nestbox? This nest is in the gutter opposite my house. From 1993 there lived House Sparrows, they moved 1997 and the Common Swifts occupied it 2001. Since then I follow all their activities Little, analoog, not the best, pictures: Arrow at nest entrance and a little white face from young Swift
So sorry the 2e one did not survive its "fall/take off"
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With sadness in my heart this swift season is fast coming to an end. It was also my first season with these little birds and what a time I had.I’ve spent hours and hours out on the street in front of my house watching the sky, looking if out there in that multitude of swifts flying out there, is the first one to come and occupy my brand new nesting boxes. They did! They came looking at them, like a kolibri they would hang for seconds in front of the boxes. They came hanging on to the wall around the boxes. They hung onto the boxes and on 19th July at 13:10 I saw one fly into one of my nestboxes.
I have translated the message of 30/07/2007 on the Beleef de Lente site. It's by Marjos Mourmans, a lady with a big heart for swifts:
Now the sky is empty of the little flying anchors. August still have to start, but already autumn is announcing itself. Nine months from now, they will be back and with infallible accuracy they will know how to find that small dark nest. That is, as long as we leave the nests undisturbed. If not? Even then they will return to that familiar nesting hole, looking for it, calling out for it, year after year after year …
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