Every year millions of birds travel without maps across mountains, deserts and oceans along a 9,000-kilometer invisible highway |
Every year, as the seasons change, millions of birds make one of nature’s greatest journeys. Some fly only a few hundred kilometers, while others fly thousands of kilometers without recognizing political boundaries or national boundaries. Instead,…
Cliff swallows abandon the California towns they once occupied each spring, then people gather to rebuild their homes and welcome them back with an annual festival |
Over centuries, the arrival of thousands of cliff swallows has transformed the skies above a small California town into one of the most famous wildlife spectacles in the United States. Each spring, these agile birds return almost like clockwork after…