Whiskered Treeswift - Hemiprocne comata
Treeswifts are like an ocean going ships at anchor. Unlike their cousins the true Swifts who spend the vast majority of their life on the wing - true Swifts mate, eat and even sleep on the wing - Treeswifts are the angels who have come down to earth. Each Treeswift adopts the crown of a tree as its home and sets up territory to capture whatever bugs and insects stray into the adjoining airspace. I watched one species of Treeswift in Sri Lanka fly in swooping rings around each of their home trees in the gardens of a great palace. This Treeswift was neatly placed in its tree next to a main road. Matte pointed it out for me on a driving trip out of the national park to try and pick up some different birds. This is a long range shot with a 400 m lens so you will have to excuse the clarity. The head markings are pretty unmistakeable even at this range.
Whiskered Treeswift, Hemiorocne comata
Just outside Taman Negarra National Park
June 4-6 2017
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