tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post4397065378237405906..comments2024-02-06T10:31:24.491-07:00Comments on Watching the World Wake Up: Vegas Boondoggle Part 2: Washes & SwiftsWatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248341788957416471noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-48384398804499231772010-05-04T14:02:29.507-06:002010-05-04T14:02:29.507-06:00KKris, Jube- The Common Swift is reputed to sleep ...KKris, Jube- The Common Swift is reputed to sleep on the wing, but not the White-throated (the one we see,)<br /><br />Jube- The vid wasn’t great. The bigger trees are another couple hundred yards East of the main route. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6LWjP0sZ22w/SA7fl-C_PdI/AAAAAAAAATw/A6zRlAkb4Po/s1600-h/Ponderosa+AFO+LC+4+19+08.JPG" rel="nofollow">Here’s a better photo</a> (with amateur botanist for scale). In any case, they’re big for <i>down there</i>.Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248341788957416471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-35963431972277657982010-05-04T12:27:58.403-06:002010-05-04T12:27:58.403-06:00I was just going to ask the same think as KK did. ...I was just going to ask the same think as KK did. How crazy that they can sleep while flying! And I thought horses were smart because they can sleep while standing.<br /><br />So on video #2 through the "big trees", were those the big trees you were talking about in your older post? Somehow I thought they would be, um, bigger.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10896006691904225007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199848742267562587.post-32318090939666445852010-05-04T11:05:14.589-06:002010-05-04T11:05:14.589-06:00Swifts sleep in flight?! I'm boggled. Do they ...Swifts sleep in flight?! I'm boggled. Do they have an autopilot? You know, autonomic systems like how our hearts keep beating and lungs keep breathing when we're asleep. And they don't fly into things? Wild.KanyonKrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954169751206336705noreply@blogger.com