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Chimney Swift - (Chaetura pelagica)  Audio
Identification
- Small, dark, swift flier
- Flies with wings stiff
- Wings short and pointed
- Cigar shaped body, short tail
- 5.25" (13 cm.)
Habitat
- Residential and commercial areas
- Forests with large hollow trees
Additional Information
- Common migrant and summer resident
- Spends most of daytime in the air,
foraging for insects - Roosts and nests in chimneys and
hollow trees - Non-nesters and swifts on migration roost
colonially in large chimneys
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