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Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Description:

Easily ID'd by their long, deeply forked tail. They sure look grumpy!

Habitat:

On a baseball diamond fence in a sports field...3000' elevation

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2 Comments

These are grumpy because the do not yet have their tail streamers, nor do they know how to catch food yet. They have probably just fledged, are worn out from their first flight, and are now waiting for the parents to feed them because they caught nothing!

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 10 years ago

Angry baby birds. Where's that parent with my dinner?

ceherzog
Spotted by
ceherzog

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Aug 19, 2013
Submitted on Aug 19, 2013

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