Birds Identified: Chimney Swift

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Chimney Swift has these characteristics:

• Continuous flying
  
• Smaller than robin
  
• Mostly blackish, or dark gray, bluish black, etc.
  
• Mostly brownish, or with many brown streaks or spots
  
• Underparts plain
  
• North summer (June through August)
  
• South summer (June through August)
  
• Field habitat
  
• Marsh habitat
  
• Flats or beach habitat
  
• Continuous flying high (near or above treetops when flying)
  
• Soaring flight (gliding or circling on set wings)
  
• Zig zag flight (many irregular twists and turns)
  
• Occurs in flocks (from 4 or 5 to thousands)
  
• Staccato and twitter call (short sharp notes or rapid series of notes: tinkling, trilling, sputtering, or percussive)
  

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