Location
Embourg, Authors' Garden
Belgium
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 600 mm
Exposure 1/1600, f/8.0, ISO 800
Image size 600 x 400 pixels
IOC Names
Deutsch Mauersegler Dutch Gierzwaluw
Italian Rondone eurasiatico Spanish Vencejo Común
Comments
The endurance record on land is held by the Common Swift. It remains airborne for 2-4 years, eating, sleeping, and molting on the wing. Copulation on the wing has been inferred from very close proximity of the two birds, but copulation may occur in the nest .
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| 09/07/2013 |
Common Swift |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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