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Tree Swallow
The tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) is an eye-catching bird with a shimmering blue back and pure white front. The Tree Swallow inhabits fields and wetlands, usually near open water. The tree swallow breeds throughout North America and winters in the southern United States, south to Central America. It constructs its nest in tree cavities or human-made nest boxes. The tree swallow is an aerial forager and captures most of its prey while in flight. It eats a variety of flying insects, with its diet consisting mostly of flies, dragonflies, and mayflies. In poor weather, when its regular prey is lacking, it eats plants and seeds. This allows it to winter at higher latitudes than other swallows that rely solely on flying insects for food. The tree swallow consumes calcium-rich objects during the breeding season, such as fish bones, snails, and eggshells, to nourish its developing eggs and nestlings. The tree swallow is very social, gathering in huge migratory and wintering flocks. Breeding pairs make their nests near one another. Although the bird pairs up to mate, it frequently mates with extra-pair individuals in secret. A small number of males will even have two mates in different nests. This female Tree Swallow was photographed at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge near Sherman, Texas.
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Tree Swallow
The tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) is an eye-catching bird with a shimmering blue back and pure white front. The Tree Swallow inhabits fields and wetlands, usually near open water. The tree swallow breeds throughout North America and winters in the southern United States, south to Central America. It constructs its nest in tree cavities or human-made nest boxes. The tree swallow is an aerial forager and captures most of its prey while in flight. It eats a variety of flying insects, with its diet consisting mostly of flies, dragonflies, and mayflies. In poor weather, when its regular prey is lacking, it eats plants and seeds. This allows it to winter at higher latitudes than other swallows that rely solely on flying insects for food. The tree swallow consumes calcium-rich objects during the breeding season, such as fish bones, snails, and eggshells, to nourish its developing eggs and nestlings. The tree swallow is very social, gathering in huge migratory and wintering flocks. Breeding pairs make their nests near one another. Although the bird pairs up to mate, it frequently mates with extra-pair individuals in secret. A small number of males will even have two mates in different nests. This female Tree Swallow was photographed at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge near Sherman, Texas.
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