Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA

Habitat : Lakes and Ponds
Food : Insects
Nesting : Cavity
Behavior : Aerial Forager
Conservation : Low Concern

"Handsome aerialists with deep-blue iridescent backs and clean white fronts, Tree Swallows are a familiar sight in summer fields and wetlands across northern North America. They chase after flying insects with acrobatic twists and turns, their steely blue-green feathers flashing in the sunlight. Tree Swallows nest in tree cavities; they also readily take up residence in nest boxes."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology

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Tags:   0077 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Swallow Bird Nature Wildlife Emigrant Lake Jackson County Oregon USA Mark Heatherington

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Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA

Habitat : Lakes and Ponds
Food : Insects
Nesting : Cavity
Behavior : Aerial Forager
Conservation : Low Concern

"Handsome aerialists with deep-blue iridescent backs and clean white fronts, Tree Swallows are a familiar sight in summer fields and wetlands across northern North America. They chase after flying insects with acrobatic twists and turns, their steely blue-green feathers flashing in the sunlight. Tree Swallows nest in tree cavities; they also readily take up residence in nest boxes."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology

Tags:   Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Emigrant Lake Jackson County Oregon USA Mark Heatherington

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Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA

Habitat : Grasslands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Building
Behavior : Aerial Forager
Conservation : Low Concern

"Glistening cobalt blue above and tawny below, Barn Swallows dart gracefully over fields, barnyards, and open water in search of flying insect prey. Look for the long, deeply forked tail that streams out behind this agile flyer and sets it apart from all other North American swallows. Barn Swallows often cruise low, flying just a few inches above the ground or water. True to their name, they build their cup-shaped mud nests almost exclusively on human-made structures... Although the killing of egrets is often cited for inspiring the U.S. conservation movement, it was the millinery (hat-making) trade’s impact on Barn Swallows that prompted naturalist George Bird Grinnell’s 1886 Forest & Stream editorial decrying the waste of bird life. His essay led to the founding of the first Audubon Society."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology

Tags:   Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Swallow Emigrant Lake Jackson County Oregon USA Mark Heatherington

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