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
Screaming Orphans spring of 2013, the band recorded their folk/Irish album "Sliabh Liag" and pop album "Toy Theatre" and in winter/spring 2015, the Screaming Orphans recorded their latest folk/Irish album "Ballads Rule OK". In the summer of 2015, the band released their pop EP, "Dance with Me e.p." In the summer of 2017, the band recorded and released "Taproom", their new folk/Irish CD. Screaming Orphans 2017 Folk/Irish album "Taproom" charted No. 1 in the iTunes World Music charts and top ten in the Billboard World Albums charts. The band was previously nominated by the Irish Music Awards for Best New Irish CD