Juvenile Barn Swallow

Tree swallows nest in tree cavities. Handsome aerialists with deep blue iridescent backs and clean white fronts tree swallows are a familiar sight in summer fields and wetlands across northern north america. Large reedbeds in late summer and early autumn can be good places to look for pre migration roosts.

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Townsend s solitaire juvenile high in the wasatch mountains nikon d500 f7 1 1 2000 iso 500 1 3 ev nikkor 500mm vr with 1 4x tc natural light while photographing some barn swallows terrorizing an immature belted kingfisher yesterday i took my eye away from the viewfinder to scan the area to see if any other birds had flown in while i was focused on the action in front of me.

Juvenile barn swallow. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long deeply forked tail it is found in europe asia africa and the americas. Images made with a canon 5div 400mm ef f4 do ii lens 1 4x telextender m setting auto iso iso 1000 f5 6 1 2000 2 3 stop exposure compensation. So a juvenile barn swallow it is. The barn swallow hirundo rustica is the most widespread species of swallow in the world.

Look for the long deeply forked tail that streams out behind this agile flyer and sets it apart from all other north american swallows. Head and body minus tail seem rather stocky like tree swallow. Juveniles must have flighted insects in order to learn how to capture food in a natural setting. Also juvenile barn swallows have shorter tails than have the adults.

This is a close up of the same juvenile barn swallow where it had turned towards the south in the full resolution image i can see the silhouette of my jeep in its eye. Longer tail but seem short even for juvenile barn swallow with extensive white on it lighter wings underneath. They also readily take up residence in nest boxes. They are particularly fond of open pasture with access to water and quiet farm buildings.

I remember that my first cliff swallow was actually a juvenal barn swallow short tail rusty with a dark throat. Swallows are found in areas where there is a ready and accessible supply of small insects. Once the fledgling has full flight feathers it becomes a juvenile and requires the same diet as an adult barn swallow. In anglophone europe it is just called the swallow.

Swallows in juvenal plumage can be a bit tricky. Notice that the juvenal cliff has a dark forehead and only a hint of stripes on the back. Live mealworms freeze dried flies freeze dried crickets and a dish of dirt for minerals helps to digest tough mealworm exoskeletons. In northern europe it is the only common species called a swallow rather than a martin.

Back blue color looks more like tree swallow than barn swallow. Juvenile cliff swallow. Glistening cobalt blue above and tawny below barn swallows dart gracefully over fields barnyards and open water in search of flying insect prey. Barn swallows often cruise low flying just a few inches above the ground or water.

Most things point to just barn swallow. Barn swallow juvenile up close nikon d500 f11 1 320 iso 640 nikkor 500mm vr with 1 4x tc natural light. They chase after flying insects with acrobatic twists and turns their steely blue green feathers flashing in the sunlight. Wings very much like barn swallow longer and pointed.