mid nineteenth century Gustavo Adolfo Becquer said that of "The dark swallows will return on your balcony to hang their nests ...", and he was right.
are here, as every year, marking the beginning of a new season. I must say that this season Anduriña I have failed in their phenology of arrival at Darling as they have in advance, and noticeably. My first encounter of the season with local birds occurred on Sunday March 1, the date of election campaign in our terra.
reviewing notes from previous years I realize that this species had a pattern of punctual arrival at our villa, it soliendo occur between 12 and 14 of this month. For example, in 2004 was the 14th of March when there was my first visual contact with the swallows cariñesas, interestingly over an election day that eventually lead to José Luís Rdz. Zapatero at the Moncloa. On Sunday the count also ventured a shift in policy, although in this case in the regional.
Announced " terns change?
Hirundo rustica. Young man about to emancipate (2008).
Beyond this curious coincidence, as these days pass that mark last winter surely clawing the air in the towns, villages and perhaps a lesser extent, cities will be imbued with a string of rattling sound. Sounds in the subconscious of many is coupled with the arrival of spring. Swifts then put into a prelude to the summer season when the streets asome jovencillas swallows ...
fattened adult Swallow their young (2008).
And so a year. In August we already shipped some to the pursuit of seabirds or visiting beaches in search of early migrants. But that will be in August. Now it's March, the process begins again.
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