Hoʻolauna: ʻO ka ʻai a ka Swift

Ua ʻike ʻia nā Swifts no kā lākou ʻano acrobatics ea a me ko lākou hiki ke lele mau no nā mahina i ka manawa. Eia naʻe, hoʻopoina pinepine ʻia kā lākou ʻai. ʻO ka swife ka mea insectivores, ʻo ia hoʻi, hānai nui lākou i nā iniseti a me nā mea liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe. Lawe lākou i kā lākou mea pio ma ka ʻēheu, lele a luʻu no ka hopu ʻana i nā pepeke ma waena o ka lewa.

He kuleana koʻikoʻi ka swift i ko lākou kaiaola i ko lākou kōkua ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka nui o nā pepeke. ʻO ka huli ʻana, ʻaihue ʻia nā swift e nā holoholona like ʻole. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi mākou i nā mea ʻaihue maoli o ka swifts a me nā ʻano holoholona like ʻole e hānai ana iā lākou.

Na Kanaka Kanaka Owi

ʻO nā holoholona a pau he ʻāpana o ke kaulahao meaʻai a ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa nā swift. Hoʻopiʻi ʻia lākou e nā ʻano holoholona like ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi nā manu, nā mammals, nā mea kolo, nā amphibians, nā iniseti, a me nā spiders. Kōkua nā mea ʻaihue kūlohelohe i ka mālama ʻana i ka heluna kanaka wikiwiki a mālama i ke kaulike i loko o ka kaiaola.

Nā manu e ʻai ana i nā ʻōwae

ʻO nā manu lele kekahi o nā mea ʻaihue maʻamau o ka swifts. Ua ʻike ʻia nā falcons Peregrine, nā kestrel, a me nā merlins i ka hahai holoholona. He ʻoi ʻoi ko kēia mau manu a me nā nuku ikaika e hiki ai iā lākou ke hopu a pepehi i nā swift i waena o ka lele.

ʻO nā holoholona hihiu e ʻimi ana i nā Swifts

ʻImi nō hoʻi kekahi mau mammals i nā swift, ʻoi aku ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa a me nā manu nui e like me ka pueo. Hoʻohana ka ʻōpeʻapeʻa i ka echolocation e ʻimi ai i nā swift i ka pō, ʻoiai hoʻohana nā pueo i kā lākou lohe kūʻokoʻa a lele mālie e hopu i nā swifts me ka pīhoihoi.

ʻO nā mea kolo a me nā Amphibian e ʻai ana i nā ʻōwi

ʻIke ʻia hoʻi nā mea kolo a me nā amphibians e ʻai i nā swift. Ua ʻike ʻia nā nahesa, nā moʻo, a me nā rana e ʻai ana i nā swift.

Nā Insects a me nā Punawelewele e kiʻi ana i ka wiwi

ʻOiai ʻo ka swift ka mea ʻai nui i nā iniseti, ua ʻai pū ʻia lākou e kekahi mau iniseti a me nā nalu. Ua ʻike ʻia ka poʻe ʻōpuʻu pule a me nā ʻāwīwī e hopu i nā ʻōniʻoniʻo i loko o kā lākou pūnaewele, ʻoiai ʻo nā dragonflies a me nā nalo hiki ke hoʻouka i nā swift ma waena o ka lewa.

Nā mea hoʻomake wai o nā swipe

Hoʻopio kekahi mau holoholona iʻa i nā manu mama, ʻo ia hoʻi nā manu ʻai iʻa e like me nā herons a me nā mōʻī. Hiki i kēia mau manu ke hopu i nā ʻauwaʻa ke lele haʻahaʻa ma luna o nā wai.

Nā Holoholona ʻē aʻe e hanai ana i nā swipe

ʻO nā mea ʻaihue ʻē aʻe o ka swifts he mau pōpoki a me nā ʻīlio, a me nā holoholona nui e like me nā alopeke a me nā raccoons.

Hoʻokūkū no ka ʻai a nā Swifts

Hiki i nā swift ke kū i ka hoʻokūkū no kā lākou meaʻai. Hiki i nā manu insectivorous ʻē aʻe, e like me nā ʻale a me nā martins, ke hoʻokūkū me nā swift no nā kumu meaʻai like.

Ka hopena o ke kanaka i ke kaulahao meaʻai a nā Swifts

Hiki i nā hana a ke kanaka ke hoʻopili i ke kaulahao meaʻai o ka swifts. Hiki i nā pesticides a me ka luku ʻana i nā wahi noho ke hoʻemi i ka nui o nā pepeke i loaʻa i nā swift e ʻai ai. Hiki i ka pollution māmā ke hoʻopilikia i ke ʻano hānai o nā swifts, e paʻakikī iā lākou ke hopu i nā iniseti i ka pō.

Ka hopena: Ka pale ʻana i nā Swifts a me kā lākou Ecosystem

He kuleana koʻikoʻi ka swift i ko lākou kaiaolaola, hoʻomalu i ka heluna o nā pepeke a hāʻawi i ka meaʻai no nā ʻano mea ʻaihue. E like me nā holoholona āpau, ʻike nā swift i nā hoʻoweliweli mai nā mea ʻaihue maoli a me nā hana kanaka. He mea nui ka pale ʻana i kēia mau manu a me ko lākou wahi noho i mea e ola mau ai lākou.

Heluhelu hou aku

• "The Swifts" na Phil Chantler a me Gerald Driessens
• "Swifts a me mākou" na Edward Mayer
• "Swifts in a Tower: The Story of One Man's Lifelong Obsession" na David Lack
• "The Swifts of North America" ​​na James H. Layne a me David W. Johnston