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Glossy Swiftlet
(Collocalia esculenta)
These Swiftlets
have been occupying my late uncle's old garage at a Malaysian
hill station home for a very long time. I have fond memories
of this home and in November 2010, I had the greatest pleasure
in staying there again - a lapse of at least 40 years. I knew
my uncle had photographed them and I was given a book by my Aunt,
Lady McNeice - his sister, that had a few photos of these birds
that he had taken in June 1961, and I am attaching one of them
here. He was a master at B/W bird photos, as you can plainly
see. It is truly amazing that 50 years later, the birds are still
nesting there!
I was back there
again in September, 2011 to get some better photos. They were
just beginning to rebuild their nests.
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