Have You ever heard about Swift Birds? They are truly Amazing Creatures! Swifts are notorious for their stunning lifestyle. Beside the fact that they're one of the fastest speeding birds in the World, they could fly non-stop in the sky for about 10 months without any landing at all! That means that they eat, sleep and even mate in the sky, while flying! Eventually, they would land on their nests just to lay eggs and raise their offspring. Swifts would build their nests at rooftop walls, cliffs or other well hidden, high from the ground places.
Swift Birds' legs are very short while their wings are long. So if a Swift is unfortunate enough to fell on the ground, it could be in a serious trouble. They cannot took off from a flat surfaces! That means that they could die of starving, or become an easy meal for predators, such as cats or birds of prey. And that is the reason why they never land on the ground. Unless there is some kind of emergency.
And probably, that was the case last month, while I was working on a TV Project, called The Farm, nearby Sofia, Bulgaria. It all happened on a very windy evening, a thunder storm was coming. And suddenly, I saw a struggling Bird on the ground. It was a Swift. Poor guy was unable to fly off the ground. So I took Him carefully in my hands and checked on Him to see if He was injured. He looked pretty healthy. I was aware that He probably lost His balance somehow because of the stormy winds and as a result, he ended on the ground, being unable to took off. It was around midnight, and the Storm was getting stronger, so I put Him in a comfy box and we went home.
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