Posts Tagged ‘Vaux’s Swifts’
Audubon’s Vaux’s Happenings—15 Million and Counting with Larry Schwitters
An aerialist of western forests, Vaux’s Swifts spend most of the day in the air, taking insects and spiders in rapid, twisting flight. Nature’s exterminator, a nesting pair can harvest nearly 12 thousand insects per day. But a single pair is a rare sighting indeed with up to 35 thousand individuals roosting in the same…
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