barn swallows
Farmyard aerial acrobats
Barn swallows are small migratory birds with distinctive forked tails, dark blue backs, and russet throats.
They build cup-shaped mud nests under eaves, in barns, and on bridges—anywhere with a sheltered overhang.
Among the most widespread songbirds globally, they're often seen swooping low over fields catching insects in flight.
- insectivoreOrganism eating bugs primarily
- hatchingEmergence from an egg
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
- skyVisible overhead expanse
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
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- flock birdsstarlings, geese, crows, pigeons, sparrows
- synanthropeshouse mice, house sparrows, brown rats, pigeons, cockroaches
- hay farmhay bales, alfalfa, clover, hayloft, baler
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