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HOW BIRDS PREDICT WEATHER
WEATHER PROVERBS ABOUT BIRDS – BY THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
With special thanks to The Old Farmer’s Almanac and Almanac.com
Did you know that bird behaviour can help us predict the
weather? Closely observe nature and your feathered friends
– and you might be surprised what you learn!
Birds tend to stop flying and take refuge at the coast if a
storm is coming. They’ll also fly low to avoid the discomfort
of the falling air pressure.
Look up one of these days. Birds flying high in the sky
usually indicate fair weather. As the adage goes…
• When seagulls fly inland, expect a storm.
• Hawks flying high means a clear sky. When they fly low,
prepare for a blow.
• Petrels gathering under the stern of a ship indicates
bad weather.
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• When fowls roost in daytime, expect rain.
Birds tend to get very quiet before a big storm. If you’ve ever
been walking in the woods before a storm, the natural world
is eerily silent! Birds also sing if the weather is improving.
• Birds singing in the rain indicates fair weather approaching.
Here are more bird proverbs and prognostics. Enjoy!
• If crows fly in pairs, expect fine weather; a crow flying alone
is a sign of foul weather.
• The whiteness of a goose’s breastbone indicates the kind of
winter: A red of dark-spotted bone means a cold and stormy
winter; few or light-colored spots mean a mild winter.
• Partridges drumming in the fall means a mild and
open winter.
• When domestic geese walk east and fly west, expect
cold weather.
• If birds in the autumn grow tame, the winter will be too
cold for game.
• When the rooster goes crowing to bed, he will rise with
watery head.
• When the swallow’s nest is high, the summer is very dry.
When the swallow buildeth low, you can safely reap and sow.
We humans can learn so much from birds! Enjoy more about
animals and weather folklore online at: www.almanac.com
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