COMMON SWIFT - Apus apus - Foraging

French version : This video shows the figures in the paper: “Contribution of slow motion video for an in flight behavioral study in the Common Swift (Apus apus) during the breeding period Part 2 Foraging” The pdf paper is available for consultation and download at the following address: Time data: 00:00 Generic 00:11 : Figure 1. Capture after an ascending flapping flight (side view) 01:04 : Figure 2. Capture after an ascending flapping flight (front view) 01:59 : Figure 4. Capture in a flapping flight 02:29 : Figure 5. Capture in a gliding flight 02:52 : Figure 10. Capture in inverted flight 04:13 : Figure 11. Capture followed by inverted flight 04:44 : Figure 26. Capture in inverted flight 05:28 : Figure 13. Sequence of capture with visible prey 06:20 : Figure 14. Distance measurement for calculating bird speed 07:28 : Figure 22. 3 captures in 0,532 seconds 07:58 : Figure 15. Prey selection by giving up the capture 09:05 : Figure 16. Prey selection by giving up the capture 09:47 : Figure 17. Prey selection by immediate discarding after the capture 10:24 : Figure 18. Prey selection by immediate discarding after the capture 11:06 : Figure 19. Fail or give up? 12:14 : Figure 20. 14 captures in 39 seconds 17:49 : Figure 25. Capture after a gliding flight (side view) 19:35 : Figure 28. 9 captures in 35,5 seconds Videos showing the figures of the Alpine Swift: