How to Use cliff swallow in a Sentence

cliff swallow

noun
  • Look out for the fossils of giant clams and oysters or try to spot the ferruginous hawks and cliff swallows that call it home.
    Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The cliff swallows fly from Argentina, one of the longest migrations of any species.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Brown advised releasing ladybugs for the cliff swallows to feast on, and using speakers to broadcast the birds’ mating call.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026
  • This is the traditional celebration of the return of the mission’s cliff swallows from their winter sojourn in South America.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026
  • To lure the birds back, mission leaders contacted Charles Brown, an ecologist specializing in cliff swallow research at the University of Tulsa.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026

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