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Flushing Times Ledger, NY – Aug 23, 2014
By Alex Christodoulides
08/23/2014

Briarwood resident Jeffrey Kollbrunner has spent the past five years documenting the comings and goings of his neighbors, their little ones, their meals together.
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bright.net Violet-green Swallows are similar in appearance to Tree Swallows. Males have nonglossy, velvety green or greenish bronze upperparts, and they are white underneath. Unlike Tree Swallows, however, the white on the face of the Violet-green Swallow extends above the eyes. Also, the Violet-green has two white patches on its rump. Compared to the males, […]

all-birds.com Feeding and watching birds is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the America. Around 60 million people feed birds in the US. The only outdoor hobby that is more popular is gardening and the two are natural partners. Feeding Birds and watching them at feeders is enjoyed by all ages. For birds the […]

Rocky Mountain News By Mary Taylor Young, Special to the News August 14, 2014 The bluebirds have flown. That’s what we discovered this month when we checked our trail of bluebird nest boxes in Las Animas County, west of Trinidad. We have 10 boxes positioned at the edge of a series of meadows. By April, […]

Daily Mail By LUCY BALLINGERLast updated at 22:10pm on 23rd August 2014 It’s a situation which might leave any parent all aflutter. Faced with three hungry mouths, each one squawking for attention, this swallow seems unsure which chick to feed first. Perched on the side of the nest, she stares into the gaping beaks – […]

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Text and pictures by RANJIT LAL
They come in all shapes and sizes. Some are simple, some beautiful. But they all serve the same purpose. The bird’s nest is but a home to raise its young.
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Santa Fe New Mexican, NM – Aug 5, 2014 By STELLA DAVIS | Associated Press August 5, 2014 CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – Nobody knows for certain how many cave swallows share the home of the Mexican free-tail bats at Carlsbad Caverns, but for the past 26 years, volunteers have come back year after year to learn more […]

Salt Lake Tribune, United States – Aug 17, 2014 By Lori Buttars The Salt Lake Tribune San Juan Capistrano it isn’t.    But the outdoor-garden center at Smith’s Marketplace on 3300 South and 3300 East has become a summer mecca for barn swallows.    “Unfortunately, they have a habit of pooping in high-traffic places and that has become a […]

uiowa.edu Bird Hall renovations take flight Spring has officially arrived. This means longer days, milder weather, and the happy, melodic banter of songbirds. At the Museum of Natural History, it means crunch time. Staff members have been working since December on the installation of the museum’s newly renovated bird exhibition in what is now known […]

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M Marin – The Condor, 1997 – JSTOR
Abstract

The behavior of Black Swifts was studied in southern California from 1990 to 1992. Four types of aerial interactions were distinguished: (a) group chase, (b) pair chase, (c) pair contact, and (d) touch and grasp. The latter two interactions can be intraspecific or interspecific. Aerial copulation was not observed.
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