Swifts swallows and swiftlets

[Evan Beaver <>]

I'm sorting out my swift, swallow and swiftlet identification, mostly because of all these WTNT sightings, and apparently a couple of fork-tails over my house last night, (which I missed). Just trying to figure out, as a young lad, about 15 years ago, I remember clearly small swift-looking birds flying very low and very fast around the cricket fields I used to play on. I remember them being black and white, and seem to recall someone calling them swifts, but this seems unlikely. More likely Welcome Swallows would you say? I was playing cricket in and around Penrith, NSW mostly.

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Evan Beaver
Lapstone, Blue Mountains