Tree Swallow
“As for identification of the latter three, Tree Swallows are a good default for comparison with other swallows.”
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Chimney swifts, Tree Swallows and Barn Swallows dart gracefully over our meadows and farmyards.
Chimney Swifts, Tree Swallows and Barn Swallows dart gracefully over our meadows and farmyards.
Other noteworthy mentionings: on Oct. 20 there was a large gathering of lingering Tree Swallows along Crescent Beach State Park.
On April 19 the first Tree Swallows were spotted along with a Great Egret (Sawyer Road crossing the Rachel Carson Nature Preserve).
On the afternoon of May 1 along Wells Road, a flock of twelve Glossy Ibis foraged the flooded fields with their sickle-shaped bills while a mixed flock of Tree Swallows and two Barn Swallows above on the telephone pole wires chirped and gurgled away.
Also, on this day my wife spotted two first of season Tree Swallows along Crescent Beach.
As for identification of the latter three, Tree Swallows are a good default for comparison with other swallows.
Tree Swallows arriving in the first two weeks of April are soon to be joined by Barn and Northern rough-winged Swallows.
As for identification of the latter three, Tree Swallows are a good default for comparison with other swallows.
As for identification of the latter three, Tree Swallows are a good default for comparison with other swallows.
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Additionally, on the late afternoon of September 6, lingering Tree Swallows twittered high above my head as I plucked ripe tomatoes from our garden.
As for identification of the latter three, Tree Swallows are a good default for comparison with other swallows.
Tree Swallows darted above as a flick of motion drew my eye—there he was, tail cocked, feet splayed across a single bent reed like a tightrope walker.
Overhead, Tree Swallows chattered and circled, their clear notes cutting through the air, while the lower, buzzier calls of Northern Rough winged Swallows drifted in occasionally.