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<b>L O W L A N D S - L - 28 May 2010 - Volume 03</b><br>
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From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(200, 137, 0);">Elsie Zinsser</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:ezinsser@mweb.co.za">ezinsser@mweb.co.za</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Lexicon" 2010.05.27 (01) [EN]</span><br>
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<span style="color: black;">Hi Ron and all,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">In Afrikaans we
call swifts and swallows ‘swaels’ or ‘swaeltjies’.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">‘Your’ specie is
a visiting breeder, which we call the ‘Europese windswael’.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I’ve seen old
mud nests in barns and storerooms on farms (sometimes longer than a
meter) to which the same breeding pair continuously add.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Swallows
(Hirundinidae) are distinguished by its more angular wings rather than</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">the
sickle-shaped wings of the swifts (Micropodidae). (From Roberts’ <i>Birds of South Africa</i>]</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">The swifts are
‘clingers’ and the swallows are ‘perchers’. <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Other swifts in
Africa and especially southern/eastern/western Africa
are:</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black;">Apus pallidus
<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span></i><span style="color: black;">Bruin windswael <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>[Pallid
swift]</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black;">Apus barbatus
<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span></i><span style="color: black;">Swart windswael <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>[Black swift]</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black;">Apus
bradfieldii</span></i><span style="color: black;"> <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>[Bradfield’s swift] (seen in Namibia, southern Botswana and north-west RSA).</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black;">Apus
aequatorialis <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span></i><span style="color: black;">Bont windswael <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>[Mottled swift] (in Zimbabwe)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black;">Apus caffer <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span></i><span style="color: black;">Witkruis windswael <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>[White-rumped swift] (all southern Africa but
for Botswana)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black;">Apus horus</span></i><span style="color: black;"> <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Horus windswael <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>[Horus swift] eastern areas. Breeding colonies
found as far south as Eastern (Knysna) and Western Cape.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black;">Apus affinis <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span></span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black;">Apus melba</span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Here they also
indicate approaching rain. <span style=""> </span>I’ve been
watching their swooping low and screaming while they feed. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">I suspect that
i) insects are mobilized by the increased barometric pressure /ionization/
prior to rain and thunder</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">or ii) there is
increased condensation which gets the flies and insects going. <span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Cheerio,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Elsie Zinsser</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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