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Tree Swallow
Handsome aerialists with deep-blue iridescent backs and clean white fronts, Tree Swallows are a familiar sight in summer fields and wetlands across northern North America.
The Tree Swallows have been nesting in the bird box, and on this day, the Crow decided he wanted to have a look for eggs or chicks. Upon landing and attempting to get in, a series of at least 4 or 5 Swallows preceded to dive-bomb the Crow, and drive him away, at least temporarily. I took almost 200 frames trying to capture the action, keeping my shutter speed up (1/3200) to try and freeze the fast-flying Swallow. They are SO fast, by the time the Crow looked up, the Swallow was usually out of the frame! Since I had to focus on the Crow, this was the only frame where both birds are in the same plane of view and focused!
"What's A Summer Without Critters?" - the series, continued. This one is from my garden. In May a pair of Tree Swallows moved into a bird house on my fence. They quickly accepted me as a benign presence - or perhaps "innocuous" would be more accurate - and seemed to enjoy perching on one of my bean poles to watch me dig, plant, weed, and water.
I was hoping they would produce a family, but alas, for unknown reasons, one day in July they were simply... gone. This is the male. An iridescent beauty!
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Amazing how with dozens of adults flying by, they seem to know when a parent is approaching, and from quite a distance.
Pour un instant, j'ai cru qu'elle me faisait les yeux doux. Malgré ...
For a moment, I thought she was giving me soft eyes. Despite ...
Tree Swallows fluttering about, joining others on these wires, as if to be having a meeting about their plans for the day. Merced NWR.
Earlier this week I stopped by McNary Wildlife Refuge, Two Rivers Unit near Burbank, Washington and found these Tree Swallows feeding young at a nest. IMG_1480
Pair of Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) give me a look as I grab a couple of shots.
Photographed May 2019, Bombay Hook NWR.
I have partnered with the city of Richmond now for 2 years in a Tree Swallow nest box project in 3 city parks. This year we are off to a great start. Most of the nest boxes are occupied with huge increases in occupancy rates. Also most of the swallows are laying 6 eggs this year rather than 4-5 which is a great sign.
Adults can feed up to 7000 insects a day to their young.
This is a small series on a beautiful male Tree Swallow.
It was tricky in the low light trying to get a shot of the swallows skimming the pond to drink. It was amazing to watch!
I have partnered with the city of Richmond now for 2 years in a Tree Swallow nest box project in 3 city parks. This year we are off to a great start. Most of the nest boxes are occupied with huge increases in occupancy rates. Also most of the swallows are laying 6 eggs this year rather than 4-5 which is a great sign.
Adults can feed up to 7000 insects a day to their young.
This is a small series on a beautiful male Tree Swallow.
Earlier this week I stopped by McNary Wildlife Refuge, Two Rivers Unit near Burbank, Washington and found these Tree Swallows feeding young at a nest. IMG_1505
It seems that whenever I see two tree swallows together they end up yelling at each other. I guess it's their way of communicating. Now that I think about it, that's the way my mother and uncle communicated.
to watch nature is amazing and to see the tree swallow feed her young some dragon flies is no exception
Tree Swallows are a sure sign that spring has arrived on the northern prairie. This male is perched along the fence line on a friend's property, at the edge of the village. They are as pretty as the Barn Swallow (see yesterday's upload), but more accepting of a human presence. No car blind for this guy; I just walked up slowly, pushing the tripod forward two feet at a time, until I was in range.
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2017 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Mama Tree Swallow feeding her fledglings on the wing at McIntyre Ponds, near Whitehorse. No time to land, she's gone in a second.
Tree Swallow, taken April 9, 2023, at Shaw Nature Reserve in Gray Summit, Missouri.
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