Author: Swallow Bird Nest

[Chimney Swift.] abirdshome.com CHOETURA PELASGIA, Temm. [Chaetura pelasgia.] PLATE XLIV.–MALE, FEMALE, AND NEST Since the progress of civilization in our country has furnished thousands of convenient places for this Swallow to breed in, safe from storms, snakes, or quadrupeds, it has abandoned, with a judgment worthy of remark, its former abodes in the hollows of […]

nps.gov Swallows of the family Hirundinidae are small, adept aerialists with long, pointed wings and deeply forked tails. Although their bills are short, their mouths are wide for capturing flying insects. Overall, swallows resemble swifts but have stronger, more fluid flight. Highly gregarious, they form large flocks and may be seen perched in long rows […]

birdbusters.com Swallow Identification Cliff swallows and barn swallows are slender, sleek birds that spend their spring and summers in North America. Swallows are very territorial and will return to the same nesting site over and over. Building eaves and other structures often replace cliffs these days to build their distinctive mud pellet nests (see photo […]

coveside.com The Tree Swallow (Trachycineta bicolor) is common in any wooded habitat near lakes, streams or marshes. They nest in holes in dead trees, fence posts, eaves, and nesting boxes. The slender Tree Swallow is wonderful at aerial stunts, swooping and diving to catch flying insects.  Their reputation for catching mosquitoes far exceeds reality, as they generally […]

.floridaconservation.org The Barn Swallow, with its long, deeply forked tail, is the most widely distributed swallow in the world. The North American population breeds from southern Alaska and Canada to Mexico. The birds winter from Panama to South America. Barn Swallows are found throughout Florida during migration. They are a local and increasingly common breeder […]

Birmingham News, AL – Aug 27, 2006 Sunday, August 27, 2006 We were driving through the Black Belt looking for kites, storks, anhingas and gallinules, when I noticed skeins of swallows on the wire. Northern rough-winged swallows, they were – seemingly a mile of rough-winged swallows. They were, to the general public, little brown birds on a […]

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.khiewchanta.com A fun way to get children to eat their food – baby chicks made from potatoes and breaded shrimp in a nest of noodles. The noodles are optional, the birds look just as good if served in a basket. Ingredients 200 gms Big Potatoes 1/2 Teaspoon Salt 10 Shrimp 2 Garlic Cloves 1/2 Teaspoon […]

CNN – 7 hours ago LAKE PLACID, New York (AP) — As dusk shrouded the summit of Whiteface Mountain, Juan Klavins aimed his headlamp at the bird in his left hand, its head between his fingers and its wing extended to expose a crimson vein. The 26-year-old Argentine researcher deftly pierced transparent skin with a hypodermic […]