I'm trying to describe a bird hopping from branches to branches Respected readers, I would very much appreciate your help for this problem, So, I want to say: 'These birds prefer hopping over flying, so normally you would see them hopping from branches to branches.' My sentence is: '...(I don't know)... I think the second part of the sentence has some major grammar issues... Additionally, I have no idea how to say 'they', as in the birds I'm describing, which is highlighted with the brackets. Please help me and point out any other mistakes, Thank you so much!

Dictionaries say "hop" is translated as """", "".

"they" is translated as "" and you can say , or you may omit it.

So I translated it as ().