{"id":70821,"date":"2026-01-31T05:38:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T05:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=70821"},"modified":"2026-01-31T05:38:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T05:38:51","slug":"the-non-passerine-swifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/01\/the-non-passerine-swifts\/","title":{"rendered":"The non passerine SWIFTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A visit from Africa<br \/>\nWho comes back eVery year<br \/>\nTwo toes forward<br \/>\nTwo toes backward<br \/>\nIt is very clear<\/p>\n<p>They own a dedication<br \/>\nTo flight and all it holds<br \/>\nLong pointed wings<br \/>\nShort fork tails<br \/>\nA high pitched scream<br \/>\nThat never fails<\/p>\n<p>To frighten people<br \/>\nBecoming rare<br \/>\nOn the red list<br \/>\nThus we should care<br \/>\nIn April and May they all arrive<br \/>\nAnd in August they leave<br \/>\nIt\u2019s too survive<\/p>\n<p>They come to mate<br \/>\nAnd for life they pair<br \/>\nTo established nests<br \/>\nOn houses where<br \/>\nHuman beings frequent, they<br \/>\nCan participate in a friendly way<\/p>\n<p>Bu having Swift boxes<br \/>\nFixed to our walls<br \/>\nready for when the<br \/>\nVisitor calls.<\/p>\n<p>They eat flying insects<br \/>\nAnd spiders too<br \/>\nTheir ability to fly<br \/>\nIt\u2019s true<br \/>\nIs remarkable<br \/>\nThese<br \/>\nOpodidae<br \/>\nMissed my me<br \/>\nWhen they deem To  fly <\/p>\n<p>away<br \/>\nImagine the journey<br \/>\nVia France<br \/>\nAll the way to Africa<br \/>\nAnd not by chance<br \/>\nSuch a journey<br \/>\nThe strength they need<br \/>\nTo commit and return<br \/>\nTo mate and feed.<\/p>\n<p>Passerine birds are many<br \/>\nTheir toe structures 3 toes forward<br \/>\nOne toe  backwards<br \/>\nPerching or song birds.<\/p>\n<p>Non Passerine like Parrots Pigeons Ducks Turkeys<br \/>\nSea birds,SWIFTS,Quails, Pelicans and man others <\/p>\n<p>L<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A visit from Africa Who comes back eVery year Two toes forward Two toes backward It is very clear They own a dedication To flight and all it holds Long pointed wings Short fork tails A high pitched scream That &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/01\/the-non-passerine-swifts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[749,905,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-country-tale","category-a-day-in-the-life","category-birds-and-the-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70821"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70823,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70821\/revisions\/70823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}