Alpine Swift - Dominic Mitchell
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Date

Location

Palmyra--Ibis Protected Area
Hims, Syria
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 34.667029, 38.2262421
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Behaviors
Flying

Observation details

This species is a breeding summer visitor and passage migrant according to Murdoch and Betton (2008), so should be expected on a spring trip to Syria

Technical information

Model
Canon EOS 20D
ISO
100
Focal length
400 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/5.6
Shutter speed
1/640 sec
Dimensions
1800 pixels x 1200 pixels
Original file size
571.95 KB