Swifts and Us: The Life of the Bird that Sleeps in the Sky

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Gausset, Quentin (2004). "Chronicle of a Foreseeable Tragedy: Birds' Nests Management in the Niah Caves (Sarawak)". Human Ecology. 32 (4): 487–506. doi: 10.1023/b:huec.0000043517.23277.54. S2CID 154898420. del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David A.; de Juana, Eduardo (eds.). "Apodidae". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions . Retrieved 10 September 2013. Thomassen, Henri A.; Tex, Robert-Jan; de Bakker, Merijn A.G.; Povel, G. David E. (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships amongst swifts and swiftlets: A multi locus approach". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (1): 264–277. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.010. PMID 16006151. The Breeding Biology of the Chimney Swift: Chaetura pelagica R.B. Fischer New York State Museum Bulletin, Vol 368 Coursera: Coursera partnered with University of Toronto to offer the iOS App Development with Swift Specialization. It’s super beginner friendly, goes in-depth, and prepares you for a career in programming.•

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Swifts live in perpetual summer. They inhabit the air like nothing else on the planet. They watched the continents shuffle to their present positions and the mammals evolve. They are not ours, though we like to claim them. They defy all our categories and present no passports as they surf the winds across the world. They sleep in the air, their wings controlled by an alert half-brain. Yet for all their adaptability and longevity swifts have recently been added to the UK’s Red List of endangered birds. Orchards and places by Common Ground In fact, many of the well known varieties have grown-up purely by chance, from discarded pips or stones. Corrales, L.; Bautista, L.M.; SantaMaría, T.; Mas, P. (2013). "Hole selection by nesting swifts in medieval city-walls of central Spain" (PDF). Ardeola. 60 (2): 291–304. doi: 10.13157/arla.60.2.2013.291. hdl: 10261/96963. S2CID 84894013. The book explains the basics of Swift including writing comments, writing and running the first Swift program, Swift syntax, etc. The book will help you to: Chantler, Phillip; Driessens, Gerald (2000). Swifts: A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World. London: Pica Press. ISBN 1-873403-83-6.Looks intriguing. The programming language itself does combine familiar elements, but until I know exactly what it can do, I can't judge the programming language itself.

Swifts: A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World Swifts: A Guide to the Swifts and Treeswifts of the World

Fast: Very fast as compared to other popular programming languages, such as Objective-C and Python• The swiftlets or cave swiftlets have developed a form of echolocation for navigating through dark cave systems where they roost. [13] One species, the Three-toed swiftlet, has recently been found to use this navigation at night outside its cave roost too. There are approximately 100 species in the Apodidae family worldwide. These are swifts, swiftlets, spinetails and needletails. Piper, Ross (2007), Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals, Greenwood Press, British Trust for Ornithology, BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU, Tel: +44 (0)1842 750050 Fax: +44 (0)1842 750030

The Apodiformes diversified during the Eocene, at the end of which the extant families were present; fossil genera are known from all over temperate Europe, between today's Denmark and France, such as the primitive swift-like Scaniacypselus [5] (Early–Middle Eocene) and the more modern Procypseloides (Late Eocene/Early Oligocene – Early Miocene). A prehistoric genus sometimes assigned to the swifts, Primapus (Early Eocene of England), might also be a more distant ancestor. Mayr, Gerald (2003). "A new Eocene swift-like bird with a peculiar feathering" (PDF). Ibis. 145 (3): 382–391. doi: 10.1046/j.1474-919x.2003.00168.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03 . Retrieved 2013-10-27. Appreciate the power of Swift as a programming language for the development of mobile applications. Hobbs, Joseph J (2004). "Problems in the harvest of edible birds' nests in Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysian Borneo". Biodiversity and Conservation. 13 (12): 2209–2226. doi: 10.1023/b:bioc.0000047905.79709.7f. S2CID 34483704.

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There are a few things to look for that can help you sort through the innumerable Swift books on the market. The wingtip bones of swiftlets are of proportionately greater length than those of most other birds. Changing the angle between the bones of the wingtips and forelimbs allows swifts to alter the shape and area of their wings to increase their efficiency and maneuverability at various speeds. [10] They share with their relatives the hummingbirds a unique ability to rotate their wings from the base, allowing the wing to remain rigid and fully extended and derive power on both the upstroke and downstroke. [11] The downstroke produces both lift and thrust, while the upstroke produces a negative thrust (drag) that is 60% of the thrust generated during the downstrokes, but simultaneously it contributes lift that is also 60% of what is produced during the downstroke. This flight arrangement might benefit the bird's control and maneuverability in the air. [12] The family name, Apodidae, is derived from the Greek ἄπους ( ápous), meaning "footless", a reference to the small, weak legs of these most aerial of birds. [2] [3] The tradition of depicting swifts without feet continued into the Middle Ages, as seen in the heraldic martlet. Easy-to-read: It is very easy to read or maintain. The English-like syntax makes it highly readable for novice programmers.•These are closely related to the treeswifts of the family Hemiprocnidae. There are 4 species of treeswift. Dunne, Pete (2006). Pete Dunne's essential field guide companion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN 978-0-618-23648-0. OCLC 61169710.