| 单词 | barn swallow |
| 例句 | From the kitchen window comes the wit wit wit of a barn swallow, footfalls on ramparts, halyards clinking against masts, hinges and chains creaking in the harbor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But she sticks out her chin all the same, says, “Try me” to Frank like she’s ready for a real challenge, like she’s a barn swallow going after a hawk. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He was starting to really like those birds, especially after learning what the barn swallows symbolized. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Then, to Genie’s amazement, a barn swallow landed not two feet away from him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When she wakes, barn swallows are chirring beneath the eaves and music is raining down through the ceiling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had never heard of barn swallows before, but he had definitely heard of parrots, and no parrots were present. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I look up to see a mama barn swallow skitter off from her nest for more food. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “The last time I swang in this swing, I almost crashed into a barn swallow,” he yelled. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Question for later: Is there such a thing as a Jamaican barn swallow? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The mats often feature woodland critters — crows, pileated woodpeckers, barn swallows, lizards, and tree frogs. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Nearby is a bottlelike nest made from dried mud reinforced with feathers — the nursery of the barn swallow. Perspective | An added virtue of habitat gardens: They’re pleasing to humans, too 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z A barn swallow feeds its hatch of young. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z He was particularly fascinated by the seasonal arrival of the house martins from Africa, just as we are by the spring advent of the barn swallow now wintering in Central and South America. The garden is a sanctuary — for plants, animals, Mother Earth and you 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Here Pamuk flits like a barn swallow over fascinating issues of contemporary Turkish life, but never alights long enough to offer interesting insights or even substantially enrich the story. In Orhan Pamuk’s New Novel, a Youthful Obsession Yields a Haunted Life 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Some research also has linked insecticide use with declines in barn swallows, house martins, and swifts. From flickering fireflies to lowly dung beetles, insects are vanishing 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z What harms individual baby barn swallows also operates on the scale of entire species, even ecosystems. The Sky Needs Its ‘Silent Spring’ Moment 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z A drop-off of 3 billion North American birds in recent decades has consisted largely of insect eaters, from the whip-poor-will to redwing blackbirds and barn swallows. Backyard mosquito spraying booms, but may be too deadly 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Photographer’s description: “I was at the Nisqually wildlife refuge with my camera set up for photographing herons and eagles. This barn swallow let me get close and ‘fill the frame’ for this portrait shot. Reader’s photo: A barn swallow sits for a charming portrait — but doesn’t look too happy about it 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z That is one conclusion of our 2020 study on one of the most abundant, widespread, well-studied bird species in the world: the barn swallow. Female Birds Sing, Too 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z He said farmers are following biosecurity protocols, going so far as to keep starling and barn swallow nests away from their barns. Chicken, turkey farmers struggle to keep birds safe from flu 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z These barn swallows are building their nest right inside this shop in the Himalayas - safely away from predators. Optical illusion of orangutan wins award 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The new arrivals included the mallard duck and barn swallow, whose normal range was previously well to the south. In fast-thawing Siberia, radical climate change is warping the Earth beneath the feet of millions 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z “We want to do what’s best for barn swallows, especially at the population level,” French said. Federal authorities detail plan for barn swallow refuge 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Despite the well over 1,000 scientific publications about this species, female barn swallow song had never previously been the focus of a research article. Female Birds Sing, Too 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z It was late, the shadows were growing long and the barn swallows were sweeping across the fescue. He Was Quitting Golf. Then He Qualified for the U.S. Open. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The barn swallow is revered as the goddess of wealth and fortune... they are taken as the harbingers of peace and prosperity. Optical illusion of orangutan wins award 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z From the common barn swallow to the exotic giraffe, thousands of animal species are in precipitous decline, a sign that an irreversible era of mass extinction is underway, new research finds. Era of ‘Biological Annihilation’ Is Underway, Scientists Warn 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z “We’re looking at barn swallows, but we’re also looking at a broader suite of aerial insectivores, from birds to bats,” French said. Federal authorities detail plan for barn swallow refuge 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z In many species, including barn swallows, males and females look similar from a distance but can be distinguished by ear. Female Birds Sing, Too 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The swallows that traditionally return to the city are cliff swallows, which have flat tails, but much of the swallows imagery in San Juan Capistrano show fork tails, which belong to the barn swallow. Swallows at San Juan Capistrano were driven away by development. But the birds are slowly coming back 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z He pointed out mud nests that barn swallows have built in the rafters of hangars and places where blackbirds flock, in the grass, and sometimes inside the airplanes parked on a ramp. At Westchester Airport, Bald Eagles (and Their Friends) Dare 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Investigators had warned the brothers that sparrows and barn swallows might transmit the virus. The Looming Threat of Avian Flu 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z The barn swallows darted helter-skelter among the rafters like hornets shaken from their nest. Des Moines Metro Opera deals with animal surprises on stage 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Female barn swallows primarily sing just before they begin breeding—knowing that can help observers track the timing of barn swallow nesting, for example. Female Birds Sing, Too 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z In the air, it’s the usual suspects: the rock pigeon, the house sparrow, the barn swallow and the European starling. They really are concrete jungles! Why you’ll never think about cities the same way again 2014-02-23T15:00:00Z The worst-hit are aerial insectivores like barn swallows, leading to speculation that pesticides or shifts in insect populations as a result of climate change are responsible. Green Blog: On Our Radar: An Ivory Bonfire 2012-06-27T17:19:08Z In a family famous for graceful, rapid flight, the barn swallow easily excels all his relations. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Back with the barn swallows in Prole, LoBianco hopped off Romeo and rewarded him with a handful of sugar cubes she’d pilfered from the break table at the theater. Des Moines Metro Opera deals with animal surprises on stage 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Rochelle concludes with another essay on the habits of barn swallows. Madoff, Gallo, L.A. Dodgers, Lehman, Solyndra: Bankruptcy 2011-09-08T13:10:01Z The barn swallows were skimming and pouring low about the green fields in their effortless flight. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z The barn swallow is heard first, followed in a day or two by the squeaking of the cliff-swallow. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z The ease of it accounts for the very wide distribution of barn swallows from southern Brazil in winter to Greenland and Alaska in summer. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Birds of the lake, too, seem the swallows—tree swallows, rough-winged and barn swallows. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road I have never known the arrival of the barn swallow to vary much from that date in this latitude, no matter how early or late the season might be. A Year in the Fields If unmolested, barn swallows will form quite a colony in the space of a few years. Happy Days for Boys and Girls Of course I refer to the barn swallow. Under the Maples Do you know where there is an old-fashioned, weather-worn barn, with its hospitable doors standing open, where you could not find at least one pair of barn swallows at home beneath its roof? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The ground sparrow builds a lovely little nest; and what a curious nest is that of the barn swallow. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad The only swallows on my list are the barn swallows and the white-breasted. Birds in the Bush Here, at the Summit House, they were constantly to be seen hawking back and forth against the side of the building, as barn swallows are given to doing in the streets of cities. The Foot-path Way As a farm boy I did not know them at all, but the barn swallows the summer always brought. Under the Maples Baby barn swallows learning to walk a plank. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z When you are picking cowslips and hepaticas early in the month, keep a lookout for the first barn swallow. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The barn swallow lines its rude masonry with feathers, but the swift begins life on bare twigs, glued together by a glue of home manufacture as adhesive as Spaulding's. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs The tree, bank, cliff and barn swallows and the purple martins all eat small beetles, mosquitoes, flying ants and other high-flying insects, and the number destroyed is almost beyond our power to imagine. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation The barn swallow is sadly afflicted by a species of these unwelcome visitors to its nest, and the poor bats are also victimized by a species of bed bug. The Insect Folk High up on some beam, too high for the children to reach, let us hope, a pair of barn swallows will plaster their mud cradle. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The eave swallow and barn swallow and the chimney swift all belie their names in the few wild haunts still uninvaded by man. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Robins have been carrying food to their nests in the pine trees, and the barn swallows fighting for feathers in the air; the big barn is filled with their conversation.' Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball The other day Titania sent me out to put up a new clothesline; I found that a shrike or a barn swallow or some other veery had built a nest in the clothespin basket. Mince Pie The eave swallows and purple martins are fast deserting eastern Massachusetts and the barn swallows steadily diminishing in numbers. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The nests of barn swallows also have been found under the eaves of the ice-house. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The bank and barn swallows skim over field and pond all through the summer, gleaning their insect harvest from the air, and building their nests in the places from which they have taken their names. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Moira was as approachable as a barn swallow, swooping into the house for a mouthful of food and off again to the sky apparently. Hillsboro People The barn swallows twittered by an open window in the loft. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 They liked the barn swallow who flew through the air, almost as if he were so happy that he danced as he flew. Seven O'Clock Stories The cliff swallow and the barn swallow always reoccupy their old nests, when they are found intact; so do some other birds. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton The barn swallows mix the clay with straw and feathers and so form very firm structures on the rafters above the haymows. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year I saw a single barn swallow skimming along as at home. My Boyhood This seemed to warrant investigation; but it turned out he meant barn swallows skimming the water. Letters to His Children The barn swallow's nest was so cunningly made. Seven O'Clock Stories But those of our swallows that correspond to the British species, the barn swallow, the cliff swallow, and the bank swallow, subsist upon very small insects. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Some day later in the month the barn swallow may be seen flitting in and out the barn door or hay window, twittering merrily. Friends and Helpers Where did the barn swallow nest before the country was settled? Birds and Poets : with Other Papers The barn swallow is heard first, followed in a day or two by the squeaking of the cliff swallow. Wake-Robin |
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