How Swallows Adapted to Build Mud Nests

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jep your right all Swallows and swifts come from africa they stay down there during the winter months then fly upwards into the northern parts in spring to raise theyr young

[@jameslomenzo1139]

Purple Martin's here in north America are my favorite Swallow, our largest swallow, returning each spring to my backyard, some use mud nesting in gourds, man made house's. Only Swallow dependent upon man for housing, in the fall they fly down to the Amazon basin South America. a great video.

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What a lovely documentary, thank you! We enjoy our swallows coming back to nest in our barn each year...

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I was observing a grackle female earlier today gathering materials to make her nest. I love nature !!!

[@xk445g]

So, for example how fast can these swallows fly when not carrying mud?

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And what it they carry a coconut ?

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[@samdumaquis2033]

An African or European swallow ?

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[@tuckerricklefs4830]

Love the video! I live in North America and we have a pair of swallows that nest on a piller in the area in front of our front door. They have been doing this for a few years, rebuilding their mud nest every spring. It was fun to learn about the evolution of a behavior I get to observe in my everyday life.

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[@dedykurniawansantoso5279]

The swallow nest made from saliva is very looked after with good economical benefit. One question, what is the airspeed of unladen swallow ( not carrying mud )?

[@andycarmo5203]

European or African

[@jadedrealist]

These and Bowerbirds are my favorite avian artists/architects.

[@DefektiveEnvy]

This video could not have come out at a better time for me. A bridge I cross several times a week has been home to a colony of swallows every year, and they’re coming out again. I see them weaving in the air, flying up under the bridge where I cannot see-and now I know what they are doing! They feed on the tiny flying insects over the river

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Good work as always! Can you make a video about the evolution of eusociality? In wasps, ants or bees maybe.

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Thanks for the suggestion! That’s already on my list of video ideas! Hopefully I’ll get round to it soon 🙂

[@Kurominos1]

eusoziality prob /actually not evolved in ants or bees just in wasps cause bees and Ants diversed from Wasps million of years ago so they just keept the eusozial trait while some wild bees going solo its way more unique for Termites cause Termites arent relatet to Ants ,Wasps or bees at all theyr closer relatet to Roaches and Mantids

[@dragonitzgame]

@@Kurominos1 It's a bit more complicated. From what I can understand, eusociality evolved 8 times independently in the order Hymenoptera. Bees evolved it on their own, while ants did descend from a eusocial wasp. In any case, what interests me most is how this behavior evolved, it seems something very specific, complex, but very interesting.

[@bajaxbajax910]

@@Kurominos1 There are eusocial rodents as well. Bumblebees seem to use a more primitive form of eusociality as well, colonies are made up of a mother and her daughters, but the daughters are all viable i.e. non-sterile. They are kept from laying eggs by the dominant/queen bee via pheromones

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[@CMZneu]

10:07 That one is not a swallow, looks like a house sparrow that took advantage of an old unoccupied swallow nest. Great video btw, keep it up man!

[@frankenscience3802]

Oh wow thanks for spotting that! I hadn’t even noticed

[@maryhollyshimmerdepedro2654]

Looks like a sparrow

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Yea it's a house sparrow, here in north America they are not native, bought over from Europe in 1850, they kill our songbirds for housing, they're not protected by law here, we trap and shoot them. They are really bad completely for housing for purple martin Swallows, Eastern Bluebirds.

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[@helenrowe3616]

So was talking to my Beaver/Cub scouts about this last meeting .. next meeting they'll be attempting to make mud nests against the scout hut x 😁

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Great vid as usual. Can’t wait for the next one

[@leggonarm9835]

Everytime I went to spend the day at the river you'd see thousands of swallows under the main bridge nesting. I saw their numbers dwindle though as the years passed I hope they're doing well.

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They are all moving to Texas.

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[@dvdb304]

In my home country, we have this bird called "João de Barro" or Rufous hornero, they too create mud nests but thiers seem much sturdier, the mud seems more compact and fuzed and s nest could last for generations even when exposed to weather for years, sometimes they even build nexts on top of previous generation's nests creating a tower, swallows often steal unnocupied nests that these birds make too

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I Love these birds.

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An interesting subject spotted on. Basically, mud-based, but some as seen here are mixed with plant (grass?) material. Quality piece well presented! Thanks.

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[@mirahmedalikhan7055]

Yes I do observed a huge colony of Swallows at a near by old house. These pretty birds use to fly at dawn in a group..we called these swallows as..Ababeel.. In Qurran we get the refference of these Swallows the Ababeel .chapter Fheel(Elephant).. Humans adopted the Architectural way of mud housing by these swallows centuries back...

[@brothersofbear2074]

On a bike path called the silver comet in Georgia that starts in Austell Georgia there is a bunch of swallow nest under the Bridges at this time the end of spring are closed mud nests identical to the 1s over there

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Cliff Swallows.

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I feel like it's kinda of aphla how there's a nest way above the rest at 5:38

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I think it would be more accurate to say that those birds *adapted* alongside humans to changes in behavior, not really that they *evolved* alongside humans. Those swallows and humans are still the same two species they were during hunter/gatherer times.

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‘How do you know so much about swallows’

[@footfault1941]

I like this episode among others. Come to think of it, mud is the least used material for nest building among birds. Besides, unlike tree- or ground-nesting, they need a vertical wall to attach. The pick of this subject is thus sufficiently interesting. Although still some part demanding further researches, his method & stance to the subject is excellent & elegant as usual. Tracing back a historical fact & knowing how an end product of time looks like is explained stepwise. By the way, among Chinese cuisines, a swallow nest on the menu. It seems the nest is created exclusively with saliva ..... I'm not particularly encouraged.

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How guppies became so ovoviviparous next please!

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That’s a great idea! I actually have a tank full of guppies of my own that never stop breeding, so that will be interesting to research 😄

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How do they identify their nests?😰

[@knightshade6232]

My workmate had a bad experience with this birds since their mud nest is kida clustered and heavy it fell on his head, huhu removing the nest is difficult cause its on the roof

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Can they carry coconuts?

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Just FYI, when the word "evolved" is used, most folks see it as a connotation of physical change, not personal behavior.

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But can they carry a 1lb coconut?

[@heatherweir8726]

One reason when i brush my cat and leave his fur outside is so the birds can take it for their nests.

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I do the same with my dog hair

[@jerlee620]

Here in Texas the nests have evolved to look more like guacamole bowls..makes sense. Lol

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Accurate, I have a pair making a guacamole bowl right now on the patio 😂 Now I cant unsee it

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just wow

[@greatexpectations6577]

I wish I can make my house with mud and saliva on some random person’s territory. 😂

[@pamelabateman9211]

Beautiful video and I learned a lot. My only comment is that it implies that humans live in wonderful harmony with nature and actually provide areas for birds to nest on our buildings. Humans are so destructive to nature. Many people knock those nest down because they don't like the birds, the nests, and the excrement that comes along with the nesting. I don't mean to say you should change your videos. The video is wonderful. I would just like a comment about human's behavior towards nature. Nature is wonderful. Humans not so much.

[@montymartin3978]

In other words... all of these swallows still use their same nest-building behavior, their only "adaptation" is learning the benefit of nesting near humans. Purple martins, for example, have always built nests in cavities. Some in cavities in rock faces, others, like the subspecies in the Western US still nest in woodpecker cavities in cacti. Only the species, subis, nests exclusively in metal housing and/or plastic gourds. They, like cliff, barn and tree swallows (which don't use any mud, but build a grass and feather nest in a natural cavity or nest box), have learned the benefit of nesting near humans. There isn't any "evolution" to any of this. As trees with natural cavities/woodpecker excavations have disappeared/been removed/fallen, those species that nest in cavities have found alternative nesting sites. Barn and cliff swallows still build mud nests, purple martins will use some mud, but mostly build mud dams to protect their nests. And, rough-winged swallows, that normally use old burrows in river banks, are now learning to nest in man-made structures.

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Wow

[@25787fdshj]

What about an African Swallow?