The Return Flight (Premium)
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Slumber Studios
4.6 • 10.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:39.2 | As the sun rises on the restful suburbia of Port Elizabeth in the eastern Cape, |
| 0:46.4 | the day has finally arrived for this family of swallows to begin their journey back home to Britain. |
| 0:52.9 | They greet one another with cheerful bird song, confirming that today was indeed the day |
| 1:05.3 | that they would make their departure. The younger birds are feeling a little nervous. |
| 1:13.5 | For the flight over to the southern hemisphere several months prior had its challenges. |
| 1:24.5 | Varied weather conditions, numerous obstacles, and some larger birds that were a tad frightening. |
| 1:30.8 | However, they were bigger, stronger, and more wildly now. |
| 1:43.2 | The senior birds had reassured them that, though this flight would require hard work, |
| 1:50.7 | they ought to feel confident and excited, for they were so privileged to have their wings, |
| 1:58.6 | and to be embarking on such a glorious journey. |
| 2:09.3 | Communicating across two or three rooftops, the senior birds give a high-pitched cry to signal |
| 2:16.0 | that it is time to take flight. With this the flock sweep into the sky, swiftly grouping into a |
| 2:25.6 | close-knit triangular formation, and with their remarkable intuition, they begin heading north across Africa. |
| 2:41.6 | Feeling the cool gentle updraft from the south Atlantic behind them, the swallows stretch their wings |
| 2:48.9 | far and wide, fluffing out their feathers as they soar into the pinkish morning sky. |
| 3:02.4 | The sun was two-thirds visible above the horizon, warming the off-white chests of the little birds. |
| 3:12.7 | As their altitude increased, the temperature of the air became cooler. |
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