This is the time of year to see swallows in large groups. They nest together for a month or two before they go south in late August and early September. I went to see them at a park in Nagoya last Monday. When I got there at 6:30 p.m., there were only a few birds in the sky, but as the sun went down, more birds kept coming. I stood next to the pond and watched. At one point, I could see thousands of birds in the air. They flew around for a long time, and then they came down and landed on the reeds in the pond. Some even landed on the same reed, which bent down under their weight. You could hear them twittering as they got ready for a good night’s sleep.  (135 words)

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