These birds can fly almost ten months without landing
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- The common swift flies ten months on end without landing. The hypothesis on these birds’ life in the air was presented by British researcher Ron Lockley back in 1970, but it is only now that researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed to prove the extreme lifestyle of the species. No other bird species remains in the air for as long without landing.
Produced by: Johan Nyman, Cecilia schubert
Footage of common swift: Joakim Lindhé
Still images of common swift 0:29-0:40: Markus Tallroth
Still image of common swift 1:10-1:13: Anders Hedenström
Learn more: www.lunduniver... 
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As a hang glider pilot in south Texas I have had some wonderful experiences flying with the Swifts. When the sun heats up the ground in the afternoon the heat from the ground heats up the air on the surface. Once a certain temperature is reached masses of warm air will rise up, like a balloon. These masses of rising air are called thermals. Sometimes you can see thermals when there is dust (dust devils), or when there is debris (corn husks, grass). When the thermals trigger and lift off, many times they will also take small bugs (crickets, grasshoppers, dragonflys) up along the way with the dust and debris. Swifts catch their prey inside these thermals, many times thousands of feet in the air.
Hang glider pilots search for these areas of rising air, thermals, to stay aloft on our motor-less gliders. The problem is that thermals are mostly invisible, unless you see evidence of one(debris, dust devil, birds*). The problem is that swifts are relatively small and they are lightening fast! So for hang gliding pilots, they are hard to see when you compare them to other birds that utilize thermals for flight(soaring birds,buzzards,hawks,falcons,eagles). They are experts at climbing in thermals and they are hunting for those small insects at the same time. It is a real treat to see one when flying, they are beautiful, and fast.
If you are truly a bird lover, I would suggest trying hang gliding with a discovery hang gliding flight (tandem with an instructor). I have flown with bald eagles only 15-20 feet away from me. I often experience birds coming to help me...I will be flying along looking for a thermal, suddenly a hawk or buzzard or eagle will come from behind me and fly ahead of me. I follow where the bird goes, and they almost always lead me to a thermal! They can tell I am trying to stay up, and they help pilots find rising air, it is a magical experience to say the least, spiritual, is a better word. They you circle up in the thermal, wing tip to wing tip, making eye contact with the bird, some times several birds! There is nothing like it...Hang gliding is often misunderstood as an extreme sport, when in reality there is a WONDERFUL element of nature that is there to enjoy, and it is a feeling that is powerful, not in an "adrenaline" kind of way but, Spiritual.... I have lots of stories about flying with birds at my website thermalcowboy.com plus I have some videos on my youtube channel....
I loved the video, I love learning the habits of the birds I share the sky with. Thank you for putting out a quality video!!
Wow, this comment is really worth reading.
thanks for for this wonderful information
One of the most beautiful comments I've ever read on RUclips. Thank you!
Amazing
Thanks for sharing #aviculture facts !!
Shout out to the girls at 1:16 who wore the same shirt to work and still agreed to appear in the video.
I can't, Swedish girls are breathtaking.
This is soooo cool! My Dad had lots of Purple Martin houses in a big colony and did studies on their travels using banding on the leg. Was really amazing how they could be hatched and raised in our yard, fly to South America, then come back to same yard or same neighborhood. He tracked birds all around the area too. He was an Engineer, but did this after retirement. Amazing stuff! The little tracking device on the bird is fantastic technology.
If someone put some technology shackles on your legs to study how you behave . Would you guys enjoy or how do you feel. The little birds go through the same leave them alone don’t abuse birds and animals.
This is the bird to stay in the air the longest and the ostrich on the ground the longest
Thanks I was searching for the details of this bird. Thanks once again.
.. we need to have a very light device so we don’t interfere with it’s natural behavior. Gotta love that.
Every year around mid-to-late spring these birds start to appear in Syria. I noticed that they don't seem to make a landing but didn't think they stay in the air for months! very cool
Just found out my Patronus is a Swift and finding out about these birds makes me proud to be associated with them. They are so miraculous. I dreamt of being a bird as a child. I imagined how wonderful it would be to soar above the world and see everything from high in the sky. The fact that these birds fly most of the time really connects with me. I would probably spend most of my time in the air too if I could do it!
You have a swift as a pet? 🤔
This discovery is a dream come true for me, because when I was a kid like age around 8 I used to watch this birds flying so high during the day time flying lower towards the dusk but I never saw this birds landing or resting. One more thing amazed me is its nest, they had a nest built of clay on the roof of my uncle's home for years and many , many generations of this birds laid eggs , hatched and flew away using the same nest, a couple of times the nest got damaged due to human activity but they rebuilt it every time , was it the same bird or the offsprings generations after generation used this nest ? Just like the sea turtles the offsprings come to same place where they born (hatched), if experts can answer this question I would be very happy.
I can't find any literature on Swifts making nests out of clay. I see the famous saliva nest that is used for bird's nest soup, as well as some others using tree holes, nest boxes, cliffs, and spots in buildings. Swallows however do make nests of clay and manure and that particular bird is very closely related to the Swift and looks similar. Are you sure you were seeing Swifts nesting on that roof and not Swallows?
This is amazing. Such a long time in the air. What I would like to know is: when do they eat? Is it done by catching insects while in flight?
yes they catch insects that fly. they eat around 10-20 Thousand! insects a day when they are nesting in europe.
Goes to show how everything in nature is connected somehow, but i still can't figure out what purpose there is for mosquitoes.
Oh my god i have the same question for them as well. Mosquitos are useless and bring diseases. No purpose in their life.
@@Abdi-uy1kh If mosquitoes went extinct: Mosquito larvae are very important in aquatic ecology. Many other insects and small fish feed on them and the loss of that food source would cause their numbers to decline as well. Anything that feeds on them, such as game fish, raptorial birds, etc. would in turn suffer too. Mosquitoes can be wiped out but the ecological damage that would be necessary (draining swamps/wetlands, applying pesticides over wide areas), along with strict regulatory enforcement, would make eradication not worth it unless there was a very serious public health emergency.
What if birds think of us as Aliens, getting captured to get probe on the back, and now everyone stay away from you because you're a bird with a probe on your back side.... Tough life for the bird...
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Thanks a lot for this information👍
Wow very cool brother, I really like your video. That's great...Hopefully in the future it will be even more advanced, brother.
These birds can fly in the sky for six consecutive months and they survive by eating water and flying insects from floating clouds for food.
how would you know its not just flying and flying and flying to get a gram weight off its back?
Please help, i found a common swift, i was feeding it normally for like a month now but then it got sick please help i dont want it to die, what do i do?
10 months is cute. An albatross can stay in flight for 10 years!
AMAZING UNBELIVEABLE.
That’s amazing thanks for sharing! New friend here!🕊🕊🕊🕊
Do you have to have the plaid shirt to get the job or does the plaid shirt come with the job? 1:15
lol
how can i buy your device, LundUniversity?
no
OMG. Endurance doesn't even describe it. Antigravity maybe. There is no English word for this kind of endurance.
I have the baby of this bird, what to feed him ??
Thanks
Over 39 thousand views and no down votes!? Don't think I have seen that before...
Subhanallah
Subhanallah
Subhanallah.. reminds us of a verse from sura Al-Mulk right?
wallah
they fly by my window often, the sound they make is like water drops effect. really weird
Interesting
We have gotten a fallen little swift who is unable to fly ... please tell what can we do to help her. Currently she entered into cartoon box n not willing to come out .
I think it's too late but swifts can't take off on the ground. You should drop him on the hight places
They are good eating for a tasty dinner!
Name of the bird
Charlie
this ababil bird, mokka save in bird, allah is great
Who to is mokka
impossible, only if the bird don't have a legs
Leave those animals at peace for once people.
For Godsake
Does anyone know which devices they are using to track the bird?
It's custom-made. They mentioned an accelerometer which measures speed and can also measure g-force, as well take directional measurements. I would be surprised if there was no gps also.
Samsung Galaxy s24 ultra
good
Well no mend a slib ti flight bur the. Why ?
What about drinking water??
They skim over ponds and dip their beaks in the water for a gulp. Amazing to watch.
👍 Wonderful video👌.
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can u plz tell price of a common swift just in case anyone wants to buy
and what do they feed on?
insects mainly insects that fly or hide in high gras or trees
Can u give me that for my house Swift i wanna free him but afraid
The sooty tern is laughing at this...
This bird is (ababil) to save makka (God home ) ♥️
I always want to get this bird
That is illegal and they must fly
@Mr DUMBCoconut
I always wanted to get someone like you and put him in a small cage.
that sigil at the end...are you all telling us the truth?
how do they sleep?
they take a nap
Muhammad is correct. They climb to great heights and power nap as they glide in descent.
Some take a lot of coffee before they fly!
Wow
For a bird of that weight not even a gram is like a ring that touches the nerves from elbow to neck.
If put such thing on those scientists we can see where they shit where they eat.
How do they eat?
One of the great creations of Allah Ta'ala
Mentioned in Quran....❤
#Aababeel #Ababeel bird !
wow
What s name that this bird
Ebabil
swift.
@@electrifying247 nope its Ebabil
The dead duck usually does that !
ammazao' che fatica , 🤔... ma chi glielo fa fa' e che si posino su un trespolo e si facciano na bella dormita 😄.
(italian sgrammatical lenguage un po' sboccat )
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This is Ababil bird, it’s mentioned in Quran. It cannot fly from flat and low lands.
For yours better information that, no religion is being promoted here, the Holy Quran says about this Swift bird. Which was revealed to Prophet Mohammad .
Rubber Wings!
Ma bird could be dead.
Thanks from #PakistanAviculturalFoundation ! #Aviculture ! #RolfAmthor bird breeder specialist of various parrots or bird including #Swift visited Pakistan !
I have the bird sir
ruclips.net/video/b8lGlliYEMI/видео.html Another birb video of flying around the house, singing, playing, and more!
They fly and sleep
Guru Granth Sahib ji said one who name anal agam they whole life are flying and her baby bird birth and quickly flying waheguru shiree Guru Granth Sahib ji talking about parmatma
Yea right... ive stepped on 2 of these birds in just the past 10 years. Maybe those one's just weren't as swift as the rest
Subhanallah Allahu Akbar
This is ababil baird
It ababeel bird
joss
Bird name is Swift
Don’t abuse birds . Leave them alone.would you like someone put a chip and wants to study your behavior.
lol
spend 9month with out eating and drinking???thats impossible
No. They catch insects mid-flight. Any bug that flies is a meal. They probably get their liquid intake from the insects as well. I couldn't find anything on their drinking habits so that is my guess, along with perhaps vapor from clouds or rain drops.
They drink water vapour, and eat airborne insects
They can actually drink while flying above a water surface.
ANIMAL RIGHTS 🤣🤣
I guess they don't eat for ten months
No, they eat insects in flight and drink in flight
The ones with feathers don't need sleep or food I heard!