Common swift that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. Their call is a loud scream in two different tone pitches, the higher of which issues from the female. They often form 'screaming parties' during summer evenings, when 10–20 swifts will gather in flight around their nesting area, calling out and being answered by nesting swifts. Larger "screaming parties" are formed at higher altitudes, especially late in the breeding season. The purpose of these parties is uncertain, but may include ascending to sleep on the wing, while still breeding adults tend to spend the night in the nest. Swifts may nest in former
Last Evenings on Earth Last Evenings on Earth Last Evenings on Earth ("Llamadas Telefonicas" in Spanish) is a collection of short stories by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño, published in 1997 with a translation into English by Chris Andrews published in 2006. The stories in this volume were selected from two Spanish language collections, "Llamadas Telefonicas" (1997), and "Putas Asesinas" (2001). The remaining stories in these two collections were later gathered in "The Return". Set amid the diaspora of Chilean exiles in Latin America and Europe, the fourteen stories in "Last Evenings on Earth" are peopled by Bolaño's beloved "failed generation" and demonstrate the