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Tachycineta bicolor
A male Tree Swallow with a small insect in its beak. I spotted the bird in a large meadow far from the wetland area, perching near its nesting box. Related Resource: "Tree Swallow (nesting box)" http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/114...
Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,425 acre wetland area in Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resource: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntl...
Copyright © 2012 Walter Sanford. All rights reserved. www.wsanford.com
Spotted on May 23, 2012
Submitted on May 24, 2012
7 Comments
Awesome photos
Lovely series Walter!
Thanks for all the favorites and comments! I was focused on looking for dragonflies and accidentally wandered a little too close to a nesting box. As it turns out, I was standing between the male and its nesting box when I shot these photos. Other than making a funny little sound a few times (I'm guessing it's harder to call with a beak full of insect!), the male waited on its perch until I moved away from the box before it delivered food to the nest. The nesting box is in a relatively remote location in the park so I'm guessing these swallows don't have a lot of contact with humans.
Nice!!!
awesome .. great spotting
Great shot!
Beautiful shots!