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These Birds Are the Fastest on Earth

By Abby Parks

Published November 12, 2024 Runtime 6:24

There is a lot to consider when judging the speeds of the world’s fastest birds. Speed can be measured in level flight and diving flight – which is much faster but can only be sustained for a few seconds. Different species have been recorded during different types of flight with no uniform requirements. Our video will account for all factors as we explore the fastest birds on earth!

About the Author

Abby Parks

Abby Parks has authored a fiction novel, theatrical plays, short stories, poems, and song lyrics. She's recorded two albums of her original songs, and is a multi-instrumentalist. She has managed a website for folk music and written articles on singer-songwriters, folk bands, and other things music-oriented. She's also a radio DJ for a folk music show. As well as having been a pet parent to rabbits, birds, dogs, and cats, Abby loves seeking sightings of animals in the wild and has witnessed some more exotic ones such as Puffins in the Farne Islands, Southern Pudu on the island of Chiloe (Chile), Penguins in the wild, and countless wild animals in the Rocky Mountains (Big Horn Sheep, Mountain Goats, Moose, Elk, Marmots, Beavers).

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