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Barn Swallow
(Hirundo rustica), a bird of the order Pas-seriformes. The upper part of the body and a stripe on the breast are black with a blue sheen, the head and throat are reddish chestnut, and the abdomen is white or rust colored. The body measures 18-23 cm long. The tail feathers are in the form of thin, narrow sickles. The barn swallow is distributed in Europe, North Africa, Asia, and North America. In the USSR it is found everywhere south of the forest tundra. A migratory bird, it nests in structures near human habitation. The nest is cup-shaped and made of clumps of dirt mixed with saliva; it is fastened beneath eaves. There are two clutches per summer. The barn swallow is beneficial by destroying flies and other flying insects. REFERENCEPtitsy Sovetskogo Soiuza, vol. 6. Edited by G. P. Dement’ev and N. A.Gladkov. Moscow, 1954.Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | His photo of a barn swallow mother feeding her fledglings, titled "Anticipation," won the grand prize in the 2008 UO Outdoor Program Photo Contest. The bird - a barn swallow - will fly 8,000 miles to Argentina for the winter; the monarch butterfly will glide to the mountains of Central Mexico, while the American eel-one of the few fish that spawns in the ocean but lives in freshwater estuaries - will swim down a creek and travel 1,500 miles to the Sargasso Sea in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Bird-watcher Horatio Clare's mission to follow the migratory path of the common barn swallow may not be your usual bag of birdseed but that's no reason to let this excellent piece of travel writing fly past. |
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