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Riparia riparia (Hirundinidae)
43/4-51/2 (12-14 cm). Sparrow-sized-our smallest swallow. Brown above, dull white below; breast crossed by a distinct brown band; tail notched. Rough-winged Swallow is warmer brown, with dusky throat and breast without distince brown band.
Rivers and streams, especially near sandbanks; more widespread during migration. Bank Swallows origninally nested in steep, sandy riverbanks, but like other swallows they have adapted to man and now nest in the sides of man made excavations.
This picture was taken in a large shed in Warren, Vermont near a large river.
Your bird has a brown forehead and throat, neither of which a bank swallow has. It is a good character for barn swallow though :)
Doreen, at the top of any page click on Missions. Then click on Global (lower left) and then go down three rows to Nests, hives, bowers, webs and other animal architecture. Click on it and then click on the Join this mission button. You can join as many missions as you like, but you can only put any given spotting in up to 5 missions.
Ava. I have not figured out to use the mission place. I do not know how to locate it, or post them.
Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...
Spotted on Nov 6, 2010
Submitted on Jan 13, 2013
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