White-throated Swift

White-throated Swift soaring against a blue sky.
White-throated Swift, Tecolote Canyon Trail, San Diego, CA, April 23, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 420 mm; ISO-400; f/8; 1/1000 sec.

This page is for the White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis). This is one of the 17 or 18 new species (I’m still trying to figure one out) for me when I went on a San Diego Audubon bird walk while I was in the area for a conference. My first photographic evidence occurred on April 23, 2022.

White-throated Swift flying overhead.
White-throated Swift, Red Rocks, CO, April 27, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/11; 1/2000 sec., -0.3 exposure bias
White-throated Swift flying overhead.
White-throated Swift, Red Rocks, CO, April 27, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/10; 1/3200 sec., -0.3 exposure bias