{"id":6802,"date":"2026-09-28T01:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T01:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/?p=6802"},"modified":"2026-09-28T01:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T01:55:08","slug":"why-birds-sometimes-fly-low-before-bad-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/?p=6802","title":{"rendered":"Why Birds Sometimes Fly Low Before Bad Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is some truth behind the old saying that **birds flying low can mean rain or stormy weather is approaching**. Before a weather system moves in, changes in air pressure, humidity, wind, and temperature can affect the insects many birds feed on. Flying insects may stay closer to the ground, and birds such as swallows and swifts often follow their food downward.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ellipsis\" id=\"ellipsis-918922966\">...<\/span><span class=\"rmwp-button-wrap\" id=\"rmwp-button-wrap-918922966\" style=\"display: none;\"><button name=\"read more\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"rmwpButtonAction( '918922966', 'READ MORE', 'READ LESS' )\">READ MORE<\/button><\/span><div class=\"rmwp-toggle \" id=\"rmwp-toggle-918922966\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\nWeather can also affect how comfortable and efficient it is for birds to fly. Strong winds or unstable air higher up may encourage some species to stay lower, where conditions can be calmer. This is probably why generations of people noticed low-flying birds before rain and turned the observation into a familiar piece of weather folklore.<\/p>\n<p>However, birds flying low **doesn\u2019t automatically mean a storm is coming**. They may be feeding, avoiding wind, moving between nearby trees, following terrain, or simply behaving normally for their species. Birds can also fly at very different heights depending on the season and time of day.<\/p>\n<p>So Grandma\u2019s saying wasn\u2019t completely made up. Low-flying birds can sometimes appear before wet or windy weather, especially when insects are also staying close to the ground. But it\u2019s better viewed as an old natural clue rather than a reliable weather forecast.                              <\/div><div class='rmwp-toggle-end'><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is some truth behind the old saying that **birds flying low can mean rain or stormy weather is approaching**. Before a weather system moves in, changes in air pressure, humidity, wind, and temperature can affect the insects many birds feed on. Flying insects may stay closer to the ground, and birds such as swallows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6804,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802\/revisions\/6804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ternalnews.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}