[Mnbird] swifts are swift

[John Hamer]

It's been a couple decades since I have seen them gathering in Mound
downtime.  Someone earlier said they look like a flying cigar which is the
way I have always described them.

John Hamer

On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 2:25 PM Raymond Faber via Mnbird <
mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

> Thanks for making us think, Al!  I once wrote a paper for an Ornithology
> class regarding bird flight.  After study of the mechanics of flight, my
> conclusion was basically that chimney swifts are among the best if not the
> best fliers in the world.
>
> Also, many years ago I got a call in early October telling me that many
> dead and dying birds were on the ground at St. Stan's church in Winona.
> They were all chimney swifts.  It turned out that they had just turned on
> the heat (probably using coal as the heat source).  Ugh!
>
> Ray Faber
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