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A FAMILIAR MIGRANT VISITOR, that can be recognized in flight by its pointed wings and in the adult long tail streamers. But to photograph one is the problem as the adults rarely perch, and then it's on roadside wires, so this had to be taken on something natural !!!
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A little more of bird porn. amorous barn swallows in the early morning light at Heinz National Wildlife Refuge.
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Heinz Wildlife Refuge
For a long time I thought that swallows are too fast and unpredictable for me to shoot in flight. Then I realized that they often hover around their nests. That makes them a little easier to capture. I'm still learning.
Explored on February 6, 2022 at #244. Now, that's a position I like :-)
Swallow - Hirundo Rustica
The swallow, or 'barn swallow', is a common summer visitor, arriving in April and leaving in October. It builds mud and straw nests on ledges, often in farm buildings and outhouses, or under the eaves of houses. Swallows are widespread and common birds of farmland and open pasture near water. They are agile fliers, feeding on flying insects while on the wing. Before they migrate back to their wintering grounds in Africa, they can be seen gathering to roost in wetlands, particularly reedbeds.
The swallow is a glossy, dark blue-black above and white below, with a dark red forehead and throat, and a black band across its chest. It has a very long, forked tail. Often spotted perching on wires in small numbers.
Habitats
GrasslandHeathland and moorlandFreshwaterFarmlandCoastalWetlandsWoodlandTowns and gardens
Did you know?
Until the 19th century, people thought that the swallow hibernated over winter. Of course, we now know that it migrates to South Africa from the UK, undertaking a perilous journey, during which it is vulnerable to starvation and stormy weather.
Swallows symbolize anything from good luck, safe travels, happiness, and positivity. They are very social and people-friendly.
Swallow - Hirundo Rustica
The swallow, or 'barn swallow', is a common summer visitor, arriving in April and leaving in October. It builds mud and straw nests on ledges, often in farm buildings and outhouses, or under the eaves of houses. Swallows are widespread and common birds of farmland and open pasture near water. They are agile fliers, feeding on flying insects while on the wing. Before they migrate back to their wintering grounds in Africa, they can be seen gathering to roost in wetlands, particularly reedbeds.
The swallow is a glossy, dark blue-black above and white below, with a dark red forehead and throat, and a black band across its chest. It has a very long, forked tail. Often spotted perching on wires in small numbers.
Habitats
GrasslandHeathland and moorlandFreshwaterFarmlandCoastalWetlandsWoodlandTowns and gardens
Did you know?
Until the 19th century, people thought that the swallow hibernated over winter. Of course, we now know that it migrates to South Africa from the UK, undertaking a perilous journey, during which it is vulnerable to starvation and stormy weather.
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I spent half an hour or so watching young Swallows being fed by their parents on farmland in the White Peak of Derbyshire on Sunday. They were lined up on a barbed wire fence as the parents hawked for insects low over a field, dodging in and out of the grazing sheep. Every so often, one of the youngsters would frantically flap its wings and an adult would swoop in, pass a meal of flies from beak to beak and quickly resume hawking. I managed to get a few decent images amongst lots of rubbish using a high shutter speed and medium aperture.
Great to see 50+ swallows flying around the reserve yesterday evening.
Birds of Britain and the Western Palearctic - Hey Wood Nature Reserve, Wiltshire.
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This violet-green swallow was taking a break from the fast flights. Since it had a nice background, I took a shot!
These baby swallows have an insatiable appetite, the parents are on the wing hunting all the daylight hours there’s available, their commitment is beautiful
Swallows found at Lake Victoria in Shepparton Australia, and urban wetland that is quite a hot spot for bird and animals. It has a tar or bitumen footpath walk that surrounds it, and makes it a very pleasant walk.
A Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) resting on an old barbed wire fence along a pasture near Beaverhill Lake east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
17 May, 2018.
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A Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) female resting on the edge of a small wetland east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
4 June, 2017.
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I looked up and it was there, soaring high over the tall trees at Corkscrew Swamp, and then it was gone. Actually, there were two of them, and I got a second quick look to snap this picture.
It was particularly exciting, an unexpected chance, because it was a life bird, and according to the park rangers, the first Swallow-tailed Kite observed this late winter/early Spring season.
Life bird photograph #223
Our butterfly garden is attracting several Swallow Tails. They are big and at times I mistake them for a Goldfinch ;D
My hat is off to all my butterfly photographing friends. Dang, this is difficult even with a big lens - yikes!
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