Young swallows, like other birds, mainly feed on insects, like mosquitoes and flies, and also eat seed foods, such as rice, wheat, etc.

Swallows are beneficial birds.

It is small in size, has long wing tips, and its tail feathers are forked when spread flat, and it hunts insects when flying.

Swallows usually breed from April to July.

Barn swallows nest under the eaves of farmhouses.

The nest is dish-shaped.

Two litters are produced each year, mostly from May to early June and from mid-June to early July.

Each clutch lays 4 to 6 eggs.

The second clutch is smaller, with 2 to 5 eggs.

Eggs are milky white.

Male and female eggs hatch together.

The young birds emerge from their shells at 14 to 15 days and are fed together with the parent birds.

The chicks take flight in about 20 days, and after another 5 to 6 days of feeding, they can feed themselves.

The food is all insects.

Swallows are typical migratory birds.

After breeding, the young birds still follow the adults and gradually gather into large flocks, migrating south to overwinter before the arrival of the first cold wave. They are now "nomads" in the bird family.

Swallows are beneficial birds to humans. They mainly feed on insects such as mosquitoes and flies. They can eat 250,000 insects in a few months.