Birdtober: Violet-green Swallow

cute and colorful

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Bird of the Weekend

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Sometimes it’s good to spend a day staring at birds. There were many bird butts and blorbs but this shot of two #VioletGreenSwallow parents turned out pretty alright #birdstodon #birds #pnw #NaturePhotography

The peacocks of the #swallow family the #violetgreenswallow is the most colourful of the sky acrobats. Under the right glancing light their wings bright up with not just purple and greens but many hues of blues... They also remind me a little of Pingu's little sister, Pinga... Noot! Noot!

#wsanecterritory #birding #birds #つばめ

Drippy day today. Hung out on the covered footbridge for a pleasant interlude and watched dozens of #VioletGreenSwallow aerobatically zooming the creek corridor. Close by was a nearly complete #Bushtit nest under construction amid brown clematis vines. Bushtit nests are kind of cryptic but stand out once you get the right search image for a bulbous gray sock shape dangling from low branches - always fun to find them! Will try to keep tabs on progress of this one.
#Birding #Oregon

Yesterday, so many precipitations! Intervals of rain, sleet, hail, mist - and balmy sunbreaks where I started to actually get hot. In the longest one I had time to walk down to the reservoir where dozens and dozens of #swallows suddenly appeared, swooping low and racing above the water, regrouping high up in a massed swirl like a stormcloud. Most Violet-green, a few Tree.

Got peppered by hail on the walk home.

#Birding #VioletGreenSwallow #TreeSwallow #orwx