Common swift

and a year that barely touches ground.

The Swifts will manage every meter of that climbing on their own, which leaves you the far more reasonable job of holding steady at roughly pillow height.

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That evening, climb has a close counterpart farther north.

Some parents join the evening ascents as their duties at the nest wind down.

Others keep returning to their nest boxes.

Age and breeding status sort the Swifts into different nightly habits.

So the crowd at dusk carries several routines at once.

Uh, unlike other birds that are able to perch, swift have got tiny, tiny feet.

Uh, and their Latin name is Apus apus, uh, which actually means no feet or no legs-

Oh, wow.

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