Pacific swift

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2 sightings

Impossible to get a close-up shot of! For the birds on Mt Asama, this post seems to suggest that they are the Pacific swift.

Pacific swift
June 7, 2026 Jogasaki Coast, Izu, Shizuoka
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Lots of them swooping overhead. Can faintly see the white patch on the back.

May 28, 2026 Mt Asama, Nagano
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I initially assumed they were swallows, but it seems like they might actually have been the Pacific swift.