How Bison Are Helping Cliff Swallows Build Their Nests
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2020
- It's a partnership that's as unlikely as any: herds of bison on the move are kicking up chunks of earth. This, in turn, gives cliff swallows the valuable mud pellets they need to build their nests.
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2:09 that scenery is so beautiful
beautiful valley
Yellowstone is stunning. A must visit for nature and landscape appreciators
Just beautiful, this garden that was made for us. I grew up in rural Canada. The road I lived on had very few paved driveways. There were swallows nests in the gables of every single house. Now every house has a paved driveway and swallows nests in gables are extremely rare. The major impact it made is that the mosquitos are horrible at times now. The balance that existed since the 1600's is off. We have plans to change that next year. We still have a summers worth of data to collect and we should be able to restore that balance. I'm including education to our arsenal this summer in the peak of mosquito season, so that the locals are fully aware of the role these birds have played and will play going forward. We've been talking about this in certain circles throughout the community and its always well received. I'm confident they'll thrive here very soon, the people of this area are compassionate, caring and hospitable people. Great community. Alot of life around us plays a pivotal role in how we experience nature, and most of us are oblivious to this. That's o.k. too, it's a part of the beauty of the system. There are people who are interested enough for 100 people and that's o.k. too.
I appreciate this comment! I’m from rural Canada, too, and loved seeing the barn swallows. Thank you for this.
I'm a farm boy now in Alberta. Loved this comment.
Dominique Hebert You are someone I look up to! Texas boy here!
It's disappointing how many people I've seen demolish barn swallow nests knowing full well it's illegal.
PRAYFORMOJO I know, it’s outrageous...
I assumed it had something to do with the bison's poop.
Bison's poop burns (Indians burned it) - birds don't want a house fire.
@@paulsawczyc5019 then the swallow should quit smoking!
I thought it would be bison hair.
Me Too
That's what I assumed too because of bison's fibrous poop.
Fascinating video. No wonder my husband and I saw so many cliff swallows in southwest South Dakota: they had plenty of bison helping them.
I figured from the title of this video the swallows would use bison hair as a binder for their nests.
Exactly my thoughts too
Right? These people don't know how to make a video.
So they are basically feathered wasps.
Kind of, 😂 albeit they are stingless and absolutely harmless to humans. Moreover, they feed on mosquitoes, flies, gnats, and other airborne bloodsucking scavengers. Lovely and tender creatures.
a confused cliff swallows asked.
"are we bees?"
good joke😂
These species evolved together for thousands of years, of course one benefits from the other. This is why it's so important for humans to minimize our impact on the environment.
*send on iphone
@@cicciograziani6697 how else would people see this of course your also using a phone
Remarkable photography! I have seen swallow nests on bridges, but never thought I'd get to see the building process in such detail.
Such an underrated channel.
three million subs doesn't seem very underrated...
They built a nest in my home (living room)
JIMMY GEORGE build*
@@wartunes6547 Built*
gotta pay ur bills
They used their BILLS . I think this is intentional. :D
Thanks for pointing out my mistake.🙏
Respect sent to all Americans who have American Bison / Buffalo on their private land while keeping the best and strongest genetics going .
gonna be honest that video title made me think they built nests out of dung
Aww! Swallows are such cute little birds!
I was honestly expecting that the cliff swallows would be making their nests out of buffalo dung.
These birds are some of the cutest!
One of the bird species we still need on the show’s lists.
It took me three times watching this clip before I realized that the narrator is Bill Pullman. I’m glad I did because that was gonna bug me all day.
I thought the birds were gonna live inside the buffalo
@Oliver Viehland The fur, or the end part of a buffalo
What is this, Hannibal? Lol
Sameeee
And I thought buffalos had grown wings and were helping out the cliff swallows bring the material up there.
African swallows are known to carry coconuts, but cliff swallows are a more delicate type of bird.
Oh
2:33 cute bird was looking at the mud like ..😍😍😍
one of the homies built a mansion for himself..
Lol
1:24 🤗 grandparents trying to rest while teenagers run in and out all day
Hi hello sweet heart
Love to see beautiful birds free in the wild doing their things. In my place, there is no more. People capturing them.
I have two of the cute master builders building their nest in my balcony. Right above my sliding glass door frame . One is extremely friendly she acts like it want to fly on my finger .
Cute little builders will never stop to make a good home! Well done birdies🤗👍👏
Birds are so beautiful...
The Smithsonian "curtains down" music is so soothing
"To collect something simple but crusial, mud" 👌👍👏nice word
Crazy to think there used be 60 million bison roaming throughout North America
Used to be billions of pigeons - all gone.
Because of men!
*America there were very little bisons roaming the other 22 nations in NA
Interdependecies come across all over in natural world i notice .
I was never into nature documentaries but this is pretty interesting
Try to watch Netflix's "Our Planet" series on Netflix CZcams channel. It was like.. Maybe 3 months ago.
Mother Nature is so amazing ❤️
Amazing: nature and cinematography.
Thank you Smithsonian for your the constant education 👍
Absolutely amazing, I have these cute little birds building a nest on my balcony. One actually acts like it wants to fly on my finger .
What these fascinating birds do is a miracle of nature
BABY BISON ARE SO CUTE THERE FUZZY CALFS OMG
Beautiful!!!
How beautiful is that ❤️
Beautiful birds
Birds are the real architects
What a beautiful natural world.
Woooow amazing
Tremendous efforts!
That’s so cool!!
Nature is indeed amazing.
Rain: *I'm about to ruin this whole birds career*
it aint a castle made of sand
@@donsagucio8619 obviously it's made of mud and pebbles
They always build their nests under overhangs so they are sheltered from the rain.
@@donsagucio8619 yeah hence they call them cliff swallow they build under them you uneducated degenerate
Amazing video
God’s creation is wonderful, made educate man forever.
I'm with you man.I hope all the animal habitats won't be destroyed.
سبحان الله على جمال الطبيعة 😍😍😍
Hermoso video
Nature is wonderful
Thanks
Amazing 🙏🏻💯
It's like watching a natural 3-D Printer
nature is so beautiful and very interested
Subscribers: beautiful and amazing birds
Mark Wiens: oh! wow😂
Visiting the Smithsonian museum is on my bucket list.
Bird is making one of those mud nest on the edge of my patio
incredible 💖💖💖💖💖
Wow 😮 amazing 🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏👏
Wow this is detailed!
Thanks!
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Very nice barn swallow
So overall the cliff swallows will hover over the group of bison and asking em be like " Hey did ya poop? No? Hey you over there! The one with a two feet long horns, did ya poop?
Do more keep rocking
I thought I'd see they use Bison-dung to build their nests! I was wrong. Amazing architects!
(Great Britain, Mon 06 July 2020 1644)
The outro music is so good.
Beautiful
My lord I wasnt expecting you here.
@@prelien4690
дерьмо, меня заметили!
That's cool
fascinating
I have some that have built a mud nest on my house. I miss them while they are gone.
If I had a pet swallow bird like that, I would name it Swellow
Wooww nice.♥️♥️♥️
Intelligent design
Back in my little village in Mexico we had these cute birds nesting along the buildings and church wall's. It was so adorable
Now this is content.
OMG so beautiful 😍 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯💯💯 MASHALLAH ❤️😍💯🙌🏻
I wish its full episodes like a documentary
i didn't know bird could also do this, not just insects
So amazing time to make a nest hahaha
I like that
Nice
Hi hira
I salute my respect to the cameran and his passion in capturing this piece of amazing art. God knows your effort!!!
Is it me but when it said bison on the title i instantly thought of appa (only ATLA will understand)
Alhamdullillah, Subha allah
Love your videos! Keep the great work up!
Gracias por el video me gusto😀😘🙀😿
Sometimes you get blown away by how this planet works.
It would be nice if everyone cooperates on protecting the remaining natural habitats.
I'm cooperating
Amazing!!!
In my village Manipur state of India our forefathers believe the swallow will choose the house where they wanna build their nest and if the swallow built their nest it brings luck to the home owner so we let them choose and built their nest
Bison? U mean swallow?
aditya mohan yes thank you for the correction
What a lovely tradition! And I'm sure they appreciate the pest control aspect of having the swallows around, too.
Dem birdies be called...swallows?!🤭
Everything is connected.
Caught myself thinking about perfect bison pelts... For costumes.
so beautiful how God makes everthing so perfect and in order😍
I run mud for a living !! If I was a bird!!! This be me!
There is a few of these near me in a garage. I live in England
I have a swallows nest under the roof peak of my house. Kept wondering what kind of bird made that noise.
All say SubhanALLAH 😍😍
I thought the birds were taking stuff out of the bisons ear to make thier homes lool
That sounds absolutely disgusting lol
@@HercadosP lol
They have yet to develop an inventory and stacking system like in Minecraft. They’ve got long ways to go before they can build generic plank houses like me