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Fork-tailed palm swift        Images © Mark A. Chappell

As their name implies, fork-tailed palm swifts have long, forked tails and nest in palm trees.   These were roosting in dead palm leaves near Pantiacolla Lodge in southeastern Peru.

  • Canon 1D4, 800 mm IS lens plus 1.4X extender with extension tube; electronic flash (2014)