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Category Archive for 'swallow'

White Pelicans

Posted in pelican, swallow, wren on Jul 19th, 2010

Yesterday was hot!  We went to Farmington Bay and stayed just long enough to get some good pictures. Can you see how the heat warps the picture in the distance?  I’m going to learn a lot this summer about how to take pictures in extreme heat.  The birds were feeling the heat too.  Check out [...]

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Swallows

Posted in swallow on Jun 12th, 2010

I love swallows.  This is a barn swallow from California: Barn Swallows are best distinguished by the tail feathers, which look like little pincers.  I always think of earwigs when I look at their tail feathers.  Both Barn Swallows and Cliff Swallows make nests out of mud, but the Cliff Swallows make nests that look [...]

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