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The Ten-Month Marathon: Meet the Bird That Lives Its Whole Life in the Clouds

Of all the marvels of the natural world, few are as astonishing as the common swift (Apus apus). These small birds spend ...

Living in clouds: Meet the bird that eats, sleeps and lives almost entirely in the sky for 10 months

A remarkable bird spends up to 10 months airborne, eating, sleeping, and even resting mid-flight, pushing biological limits ...
Indy Week

Circling Swifts, Swooping Hawks and a Skyful of Bird Drama in Durham

This story originally published online in The 9th Street Journal. It’s Tuesday evening at the Velvet Hippo’s rooftop bar. From the wooded deck, a few dozen hipster bargoers admire a picture-perfect ...

Rare bird spotted in England for first time in over 30 years

"It's probably the second rarest bird to appear in 60 years at Tophilll Low after 2008's Amur falcon which, at the time, was considered a first for Britain. Last year [2024] we also saw a pair of rare ...