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	Common Swift: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Common Swift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Common Swift (Apus apus) is a small bird, superficially similar to the swallow or house martin.
		Swifts will occasionally live in forests, but they have adapted more commonly to human sites and will build their nests under window sills, in the corner rafters of wooden buildings, in chimneys, and in smokestacks.
		Common Swifts are entirely fl except for a small white or pale grey patch on their chins which is not visible from a distance.
	www.encyclopedian.com /co/Common-Swift.html (368 words)

	Station Information - Common Swift
		The Common Swift (Apus apus) is a small bird, superficially similar to the Barn Swallow or House Martin.
		Swifts spend most of their lives in the air, living on the insects they catch in their beaks.
		The heraldic bird known as the "martlet", which is represented without feet and may have been based on the swift, but is generally assumed to refer to the House Martin, was used for the arms of younger sons, perhaps because it symbolized their landless wandering.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/c/co/common_swift.html (367 words)

	Common Swift, Apus apus
		A spectacular form of aerial display is when individual swifts fly up to the nest entrance holes of other swifts and brush or bang against them — apparently with their wings — before continuing their flight.
		The swift's stay here is short, extending from early May to early August — the period coinciding with high insect populations and long hours of daylight.
		Swifts recovered outside the breeding range and off migration routes are probably non breeders undertaking weather movements involving thousands of birds.
	www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/swift.htm (888 words)

	SWIFT - Definition
		swift; akin to sw[=a]pan to sweep, swipu a whip; cf.
		In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.
		Note: The common European swift ({Cypselus, or Micropus, apus}) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill screams.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/swift (377 words)

	Common Swift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Common Swift (Apus apus) is a small bird, superficiallysimilar to the Barn Swallow or House Martin.
		Swifts will occasionally live in forests, but they have adapted more commonly to human sites and will build their nests under windowsills, in the corner rafters of wooden buildings, in chimneys, and in smokestacks.
		Common Swifts are entirely fl except for a small white or pale grey patch on their chins which is not visible from adistance.
	www.therfcc.org /common-swift-276830.html (358 words)

	swift. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Some Asian swifts make their entire nest of a salivary secretion; these are the nests that are used to make bird’s-nest soup.
		True swifts vary greatly in their nesting habits, some being cliff breeders, some using palm leaves for building their nests, and others nesting in chimneys.
		Swifts are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Apodiformes, families Apodidae (swifts) and Hemiprocnidae (crested swifts).
	www.bartleby.com /65/sw/swift.html (352 words)

	Pacific Swift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus), or Fork-tailed Swift, is a small bird, superficially similar to a House Martin.
		Pacific Swifts spend most of their lives in the air, living on the insects they catch in their beaks.
		Pacific Swifts are similar in size to Common Swift, and they are fl except for a white rump.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Fork-tailed_Swift (265 words)

	Common Swift - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Swifts will occasionally live in forests, but they have adapted more commonly to human sites and will build their nests in all suitable hollows in buildings, under window sills, in the corner rafters of wooden buildings, in chimneys, and in smokestacks.
		Common Swifts are 16-17 cm long and entirely flishbrown except for a small white or pale grey patch on their chins which is not visible from a distance.
		The call is a loud scream in two different tone piches, of which the higher one is from the female and the lower one from the male [1] (http://www.commonswift.org/latest_english.html).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Apus_apus (434 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Common swift
		Swifts are accomplished fliers, spending most of their life in the air.
		The swift feeds on ‘aerial plankton’, which consists of small insects and spiders light enough to be carried quite high by air currents.
		Swifts spend nearly all of their lives in the air, landing only to build nests and to feed their young.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3032.shtml (395 words)

	Detection. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For follow the behaviour of Common Swifts in the neighbourhood of their nesting place, we have developed a system to follow and registered all the movements near nest box 9 and 10.
		After all, when the Common Swift comes in, first will be activated the first sensor, after that the second one, while at leaving first will be activated the second and after that the first one.
		The analyse: Common Swift is sitting in the exit of the box, comes after he is sitting in the exit for 4 seconds.
	members.home.nl /commonswift/detection.htm (387 words)

	* Swift - (Animals): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The common swift Apus apus is about 16.5 cm/6.5 in long, dark brown with a small greyish white patch under the chin, long swept-back wings, and migrates to Europe in summer from Africa...
		Wild asses are swift animals and live in northern and eastern Africa and in Asia from Syria to Tibet and Mongolia.
		The Merlin is a swift and aggressive bird, harassing larger hawks and gulls and attacking intruders that approach its nest.
	www.bestknows.com /animals/swift.html (1368 words)

	SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project: Swift Parrot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Swift parrots usually occur in small parties feeding on both nectar and leaps among branches of the flowering trees.
		Swift parrots may be seen hanging upside down from trees drinking nectar They drink nectar with a special tongue which has nodules on the upper surface.
		The Swift Parrot (Lathamus Discolour) is a migratory species which breed s mainly in Tasmania in the blue gum forest of South East Tasmania and spends winter on the mainland Australia.
	www.schoolworld.asn.au /species/swparrot.html (350 words)

	Swift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The swifts are the most aerial of birds and some, like the Common Swift, even sleep and mate on the wing.
		Like swallows and martins, the swifts of temperate regions are strongly migratory and winter in the tropics.
		Many swifts have a characteristic shape, with a short forked tail and very long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/sw/Swift.htm (289 words)

	Talk of the Devil-Bird: Names for the Common Swift by Simon Whitechapel
		Swifts are to Swallows rather as Austrians are to Germans or Ukrainians are to Russians: despite being quite distinct and worthy of interest and respect in their own right, they are often confused with their more famous and more numerous cousins.
		In Spanish the Swift is called the vencejo or oncejo, which one on-line Spanish dictionary explains as deriving “de falce, hoz, por la forma de sus dedos”, that is, deriving “from sickle, because of the shape of its toes”.
		Swifts do carry nesting-material in their beaks, but they collect it on the wing and so it tends to be light enough to be blown into the air by the wind.
	web.onetel.com /~amygdala/essays/devilbird.html (2634 words)

	Common Questions - Swift Energy
		Swift Energy’s common stock symbol is “SFY” and is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific Exchange, Inc.
		Swift Energy’s policy is to reinvest cash flows in order to promote growth in the value of its common stock.
		Swift’s Director of Investor Relations is Scott Espenshade, who can be reached via e-mail at info@swiftenergy.com or by telephone at (281) 874-2700.
	www.swiftenergy.com /SFY/menus/Investor-Info/Common-Questions.htm (516 words)

	SWIFT ENERGY TO REDEEM ALL OF ITS 6 1/2% CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES -- 7/O1/96
		Swift, Swift's Chairman and President, stated, "Swift's common shares have risen sharply over the last twelve months closing Friday at $18.00 per share, which we believe reflects the Company's increased reserves and production, improved earnings outlook and success in building long term value for shareholders.
		Based in Houston, Swift Energy Company is a 16-year old independent oil and gas company engaged primarily in the exploration, development, acquisition and operation of oil and gas properties, with an emphasis on domestic natural gas.
		Swift has a record of growth that is founded on an ambitious program of disciplined exploration and reserves development, conservative financing, and innovative management.
	www.swiftenergy.com /SFY/Publications/Press-Releases/1996/R960701.htm (358 words)

	DNV - Working together in harmony
		Swift believes it is the IMO's responsibility to establish goal-based standards in cooperation with class societies and shipowners.
		Swift is quick to note that setting standards remains the responsibility of the IMO and related administrations.
		Swift says that it is wrong to compete on steel weights or standards in the design and construction of tankers and dry-bulk carriers.
	www.dnv.com /publications/classification_news/class_news_2_2004/Workingtogetherinharmony.asp?print=1 (1296 words)

	* Swift - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Swifts are found during summer throughout Europe and much of Asia.
		The White-throated Swift is a species of the western U.S., generally found around canyons and cliffs where they breed...
		Call is a swift, flat, high-pitched pik, not as sharp as the Hairy's peek!; also gives a rapid whinny of notes, descending in pitch: ki-ki-ki-ki-ki...
	www.bestknows.com /bird/swift.html (946 words)

	Arizona Republic: Shareholders Reject Limits for Swift CEO
		Swift last year acquired new tractors and sold them to IEL for $35.7 million, with fee income of $1.3 million.
		Swift in 2002 also sold used revenue equipment to IEL totaling $1.1 million and recognized a gain of $83,000.
		Swift also was paid $4.2 million by IEL and paid $116,000 to IEL for various services.
	www.teamster.org /03news/hn_030523_4.htm (855 words)

	Swift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Swifts are a familiar part of an English summer, their characteristic screaming calls being heard in our towns and villages from May onwards.
		However, there is growing concern that Swift populations are in rapid decline due to modern building methods and better maintenance excluding them from their usual nesting places in roofs.
		Swift nesting bricks are widely used on the Continent, especially in Amsterdam and Germany.
	www.biodiversitysussex.org /swift.htm (598 words)

	Swift
		Suddenly she realized that they were inside the vineyard walls, for fragrance assailed her nostrils, fragrance of ripened grapes, of grapes crushed under foot as the swift pickers went snipping the full purple bunches with their shears.
		Father Jean would steal a swift glance at her from under his shaggy eyebrows and fall into a silence.
		That was the essential thing about him as regards his relations with his fellow-traveller, though, when next morning the spires of Cologne and the swift river of his Fatherland came into sight, he burst out into a sort of rhapsody of patriotism that mockingly covered a great sincerity.
	www.cooldictionary.com /?word=Swift (423 words)

	Reptiles and Amphibians » Lizards » Swift - Emerald Main Page
		Swifts are primarily insectivorous, but some have been known to eat small amounts of plant leaves in the wild.
		Emerald Swifts do like to burrow sometimes; providing a substrate they can burrow in, may help them feel more secure and less stressed in captivity.They should at least have hiding spots located at the cooler and warmer areas of the enclosure.
		Emerald Swifts have been bred in captivity, though it is probably a bit more difficult than average to breed them and maintain the babies into adulthood.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/reptiles/lizards/lzd2734.html (784 words)

	Submission No:323
		This case describes a bird observed hawking with Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta and a Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus from the car park of the Ma Chor Nui Nui Temple on Christmas Island on the 18th November 1999.
		Both birds were fl except for a pale throat and the bird identified as a Fork-tailed Swift had the characteristic white rump typical of that species.
		Dark-rumped Swift is a little known species in terms of range and movements and the occurrence of this species on Christmas Island would represent a significant extension of known range and would represent not only a first for Australia but a first record for the Southern Hemisphere.
	users.bigpond.net.au /palliser/barc/sub288.html (624 words)

	swift on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Swift's corrected copy of 'Contests and Dissensions,' with other pamphlets from his library.(Jonathan Swift)
		First swift fox, Vulpes velox, reintroduction in the USA: results of the first two years.
		Sermons on sermonizing: the pulpit rhetoric of Swift and Sterne.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/s1/swift.asp (680 words)

	may02
		Of these ten Swift species, the Common Swift has the most extensive range and is the only one normally found on the British Isles where it breeds every year, although some of the others have been known to occur there as rare and occasional strays.
		The Common Swift once nested on craigs and sea cliffs and in caves, hollow trees and nest holes made by other species, now it largely nests on the ledges of buildings and in their architectural niches.
		A common mistake that starters do, is getting involved in several groups of low quality at once, thus leading to a high number of birds without knowing what to look or cull for and I devote more on this topic next month as I have good material to share with you..
	www.geocities.com /adelasalem/may02.htm (1352 words)

	PALLID SWIFT
		Structurally it appeared broader and blunter winged against memories of Common Swift which gave it a slower sometimes "paddling" like flight rather than the fluttering, energetic movements of Common Swift.
		Typical swift shaped with sickle shaped wings appearing blunter ended (at times) and broader towards the base especially when gliding.
		Having been one of the team who saw the swift in 1999, again from the ringing site, which was too distant to get any features and was almost certainly the second Pallid that turned up at Flamborough, it was a great feeling to have been able to see and this time positively identify this bird.
	www.fbog.co.uk /descriptions/pallid_swift.htm (864 words)

	Finextra: Swift proposes common clearing protocol
		The Brussels-based co-operative has published a consultation paper outlining the proposed framework, which has been developed in response to the Giovannini Group report to improve efficiency of EU cross border clearing and settlement.
		The Swift paper has been published after two years of research with European infrastructures, key institutional participants and a significant number of representative organisations.
		Swift anticipates that the final protocol definition and implementation road-map will be published in 2006.
	www.finextra.com /fullstory.asp?id=13048 (219 words)

	BTO - Breeding Birds of the Wider Countryside: Swift
		Swifts were not monitored before the inception of the BBS and, because its results since 1994 show large fluctuations, a long time-series may be needed before population trends can be estimated with confidence.
		Monitoring is complicated by the difficulty of finding occupied nests, by the weather-dependent and sometimes extraordinary distances travelled by foraging adults, and by the variable midsummer influx of non-breeding immatures.
		Concern for Swifts, a small organisation of private individuals, is trying to promote the provision of nesting sites for this species, as so many are being lost to re-development.
	www.bto.org /birdtrends2004/wcrswift.htm (211 words)

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