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oldguy52 - resist, live, love
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@oldguy52@techhub.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

We see Tree Sparrows for basically one day as they migrate to nearby nesting sites to the east. They swoop in (early April), check out a few sites, then they are gone. Looking through my library, I have mostly blur. This is the only shot that I could work with. 500mm at great distance, so highly cropped. There were 5 birds in flight around this one.

Gorgeous birds that feed mostly on insects (on the fly), but will eat a little fruit and egg shells. They will use nesting boxes near water.

#BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #TreeSwallow #DarkTable #ResistTyranny

Iridescent blue swallow (elongate body and very long primary wings) perched at the opening of a nesting cavity.  

Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor  

The genus name Tachycineta (fast moving) is very accurate!  

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Tree_Swallow/overview
Iridescent blue swallow (elongate body and very long primary wings) perched at the opening of a nesting cavity. Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor The genus name Tachycineta (fast moving) is very accurate! https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Tree_Swallow/overview
Iridescent blue swallow (elongate body and very long primary wings) perched at the opening of a nesting cavity. Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor The genus name Tachycineta (fast moving) is very accurate! https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Tree_Swallow/overview
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oldguy52 - resist, live, love
oldguy52 - resist, live, love
@oldguy52@techhub.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Starting the Swallows (Family Hirundinidae) today. 6 Genera and 8 species in North America. 21 Genera and 92 species Worldwide. These are insectivores who hunt on the fly - and they are FAST,

Violet-green Swallow, nests in much of the West from Mexico to Alaska, overwintering in Central America. Photos by @ZenLady (mine were terrible).

#BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #DarkTable #RMNP #ResistTyranny #NoICE

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Colorful green, violet and white bird with elongate for and very long primaries perched on a nesting box.  

Photo taken at Holtzwarth Historic Area, Rocky Mountain National Park by @ZenLady

Violet-green swallow - Tachycineta thalassina

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Violet-green_Swallow/overview
Colorful green, violet and white bird with elongate for and very long primaries perched on a nesting box. Photo taken at Holtzwarth Historic Area, Rocky Mountain National Park by @ZenLady Violet-green swallow - Tachycineta thalassina https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Violet-green_Swallow/overview
Colorful green, violet and white bird with elongate for and very long primaries perched on a nesting box. Photo taken at Holtzwarth Historic Area, Rocky Mountain National Park by @ZenLady Violet-green swallow - Tachycineta thalassina https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Violet-green_Swallow/overview
Violet-green Swallow perched on nesting box in the Holtzwarth Historic Area, Rocky Mountain National Park.  This is in the west side of the Park along the Colorado River.  This is a male.  Photo credit @ZenLady 

Tachycineta thalassina 

https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/vigswa/cur/introduction
Violet-green Swallow perched on nesting box in the Holtzwarth Historic Area, Rocky Mountain National Park. This is in the west side of the Park along the Colorado River. This is a male. Photo credit @ZenLady Tachycineta thalassina https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/vigswa/cur/introduction
Violet-green Swallow perched on nesting box in the Holtzwarth Historic Area, Rocky Mountain National Park. This is in the west side of the Park along the Colorado River. This is a male. Photo credit @ZenLady Tachycineta thalassina https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/vigswa/cur/introduction
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