Tachycineta thalassina
Golondrina verde-violeta
Hirondelle a face blanche
Violet-green swallow
Sharing the same habitat and ecology as the tree swallows, these are our swallows of the West, the Black Hills being the easternmost part of their range. Although we have this pair, there are others in the area, they seem to forage together, sometimes riding the thermals to dizzying heights after flying insect prey.
They nest every year in the birdhouse offered high over our small deck on the sunrise side of the house. The swallow kids will have a featherbed to grow up in, courtesy of the wild turkey troupe that frequents our neighborhood. They will also cheerfully take offerings of parakeet feathers and down from expensive bed pillows.
2 comments:
Beautiful!
FC,
Swallows are my favorite "dooryard" birds, I think.
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