Welcome Swallows

The fastest on natural wings of the southern sky
On pursuit of flying insects how fast they do fly
Above cities and towns and the countryside
The dark and brown welcome swallows travel far and wide
With the sun on their dark wings when in full flight
These aerial speedsters make for a beautiful sight
The aerial nomads who are known to travel far
Their aerial speed matches that of a motor car
Not bound by borders or range or State
In late Autumn to the northern sub tropics and tropics they do migrate
That they are masters of flying there can be no denying
They spend most of their lives chasing insects whilst flying
Wedged in verandah timbers their cup shaped mud nest one sometimes does see
Welcome swallows are birds familiar to many and familiar to me.