People living in rural areas should be familiar with swallows nesting on the beams at home. Adults always warn us not to poke the swallow's nest. Why? Let's talk about why the swallow nest can't be poked.
0 1 In rural areas, people get along very well with swallows. People regard it as a good thing for swallows to build nests at home. They think swallows are spiritual birds, and swallows usually choose places with good feng shui to build their nests. This means that the feng shui will be destroyed after poking swallows' nests, so children are warned not to touch them. In fact, these statements are also people's sustenance. Swallow, as a kind of beneficial insect, should have been protected, and it can also play a certain role in protecting farmers' crops, so it is necessary for people to live in harmony with swallows.
The scientific name of swallow is domestic swallow, which is the general name of 74 species of passeriformes. Small size, narrow wing tip, short beak and concave tail, weak feet and few feathers. Feathers are monochromatic, blue or green, with metallic luster; Most kinds of men and women are very similar. Swallows spend a lot of time catching pests in the air. It is one of the most flexible birds, mainly feeding on insects such as mosquitoes and flies, and is a well-known beneficial bird. Nest in tree holes or cracks, or make holes in sand dikes, or stick mud on walls or protrusions of corridors, roofs, eaves, etc. In urban and rural areas. 3 pounds per work? Seven eggs.
Swallows are most willing to get close to humans, and humans also love this beneficial bird. Generally, they return to farms near farmland (insects) for breeding from April to July. Domestic swallows nest under the eaves of farmhouses. Most of these nests are made of saliva-bonded soil and grass stalks, covered with soft weeds, feathers, rags and so on. And some Artemisia annua leaves. The bird's nest is dish-shaped. Breeding 2 nests every year, mostly from May to early June and from mid-June to early July. Each nest lays 4 ~ 6 eggs. The second nest is less, 2 ~ 5 pieces. Eggs are milky white. Males and females hatch eggs together. 14- 15 days, chicks hatch and parents eat together. The chicks fly out in about 20 days, and then feed them for 5 ~ 6 days, so they can feed themselves. The food is full of insects. The golden waist swallow is similar in shape to the domestic swallow, but slightly larger. This swallow has a chestnut waist, which is very eye-catching, and a small black line in the lower body, which is easy to distinguish from domestic swallows. Habits are similar to those of domestic swallows, but most of them live in mountain villages. Yan is a typical migratory bird. After the breeding, the young birds still follow the adult activities, gradually integrate into the large group, and move south for the winter before the first cold wave comes.