AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Thousands of tree swallows create a "birdnado" at Massachusetts wildlife refuge
The U.S. Department of the Interior shared video of thousands of tree swallows lifting off in unison at a federal wildlife refuge north of Boston, a spectacle the agency compared to a tornado. The footage, posted Tuesday, captures what the department called a "birdnado" at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Newburyport, Massachusetts. […] The post Thousands of tree swallows create a "birdnado" at Massachusetts wildlife refuge appeared first on American Almanac .
The U.S. Department of the Interior shared video of thousands of tree swallows lifting off in unison at a federal wildlife refuge north of Boston, a spectacle the agency compared to a tornado. The footage, posted Tuesday, captures what the department called a "birdnado" at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Massive flocks of tree swallows swirl skyward from the refuge's marshlands during their annual fall migration, creating a dense, twisting column of birds that looks more like a weather event than a wildlife one. The refuge sits on the North Shore of Massachusetts, about 35 miles north of Boston off the Plum Island Turnpike. Its more than 4,700 acres of wetlands, beaches, dunes, forests,…Open