They live in our cities...over our heads..

Art Deco cameo
lamp with a Chimney Swallow motif
by Émile Gallé (1846-1904)
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A Common Swift. Every night they
fly over my house - playing with eachother.
I spend much time looking at them.
They fill me with joy.
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Migrating Chimney Swifts going to
their roost. Thousands sometimes pass the
night in the same chimney

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Illustration of an American Swallow
by Mark Catesby (1683-1749)

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Common Swift flying through the Air
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René Jules Lalique (1860-1945) brooch
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Vintage illustration of birds carrying girls in a basket

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Swallow comb,
carved horn, diamonds and gold
by René Jules Lalique (1860-1945)
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Spine Tailed Chimney Swift

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A Chimney Swift

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Konstantin Yuon (1875-1958):
'Sergiyev Posad. Domes and Swallows', 1923
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