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Definitely a swallow profile I think.
A fun way to remember swifts (at least for North America) is they look like a cigar crossed by a crescent moon in flight. Thin but long wings, not much body, almost no tail.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Chimney_Swift
#Birds #ChimneySwifts
A bird best identified by silhouette, the smudge-gray Chimney Swift nimbly maneuvers over rooftops, fields, and rivers to catch insects. Its tiny body, curving wings, and stiff, shallow wingbeats give it a flight style as distinctive as its fluid, chattering call. This enigmatic little bird spends almost its entire life airborne. When it lands, it can’t perch—it clings to vertical walls inside chimneys or in hollow trees or caves. This species has suffered sharp declines as chimneys fall into disuse across the continent.
@Mclark, last year, WYSO Public Radio in Yellow Springs, OH renovated an old schoolhouse as their new HQ & built a new chimney for the swifts!
https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/building-chimney-swifts-new-home
Richard Rathe
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