The swallow

📖 In short

The swallow is a small, nimble bird with long pointed wings and a forked tail like scissors. It spends most of its time flying, catching flying insects in mid-air, and eats lots of mosquitoes.

🤩 Did you know?

Some swallows travel up to 16000 kilometers on their yearly journey.
Swallows live all over the world, most of all in Africa and the Americas.
One swallow may eat hundreds of insects a day.
Swallows usually come back to the same nest every year.

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🌟 Herald of spring

The swallow comes back every spring after spending winter in warm countries, so people are glad to see it, because it means the nice weather has come.

🔍 A mud nest

A swallow builds its nest from little balls of mud it carries in its beak and sticks under the roof of a house, a bridge or inside a barn, then lines it with feathers and soft grass.

💡 Weak legs

A swallow's legs are small and weak, no good for walking, only for perching on wires and branches. But its wings are very strong, and it flies for hours.