swallow, welcome, 183_6045, Hirundinidae, Hirundo, neoxena, Passeriformes

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183_6045 Welcome Swallow, Hirundo neoxena Hirundinidae Passeriformes

Image by Kate's Photo Diary

The Welcome Swallow is metallic blue-black above, light grey below on the breast and belly, and rust on the forehead, throat and upper breast. It has a long forked tail, with a row of white spots on the individual feathers. The outer tail feathers (streamers) are slightly shorter in the female. Young Welcome Swallows are buffy white, instead of rusty, on the forehead and throat, and have shorter tail streamers.
Welcome Swallows readily breed close to human habitation. The nest is an open cup of mud and grass, made by both sexes, and is attached to a suitable structure, such as a vertical rock wall or building. The nest is lined with feathers and fur. The female alone incubates the eggs but the young are fed by both parents. Often two broods are raised in a season.
www.austmus.gov.au/factsheets/welcome_swallow.htm
www.birdsinbackyards.net/finder/display.cfm?id=32




Mating Toads (1975)




Image by Hunter-Desportes

Taken at a gold fish pond ca. 1975, in suburban Columbia, South Carolina.


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