Thursday, October 27, 2016

Who needs land? These birds spend 10 months of the year in flight

Make no mistake, the tiny common swift found throughout Europe and much of Asia is a lean, mean flying machine.

A new study reveals that these birds spend nearly their entire lives in flight — even eating, mating, molting and probably sleeping on the wing.

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden...



via L.A. Times - Science http://ift.tt/2e1z69o

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