Greencoachdog Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 I have a pair of these birds building a nest under my back deck, they're very pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudz Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 looks like a barn swallow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Swallow..and they swallow lots of flying bugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogu392 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 (edited) It is a swallow. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow for more details. These birds are masters of acrobatcis in air. They fly very fast and with short turns. The diet is mostly flying insects. They show up in Spring time from south and disaper in fall. The nest is made from mud and hay. Edited May 23, 2009 by Gogu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silo Buster Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Swallow for sure... Everyday for the last week when my son gets off the bus from school,walking in the lane he gets bombarded by a couple of them.He's 10 ,but is kinda freaked out by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoneFishin Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Swallow for sure... Everyday for the last week when my son gets off the bus from school,walking in the lane he gets bombarded by a couple of them.He's 10 ,but is kinda freaked out by them. Lol, every day I walk down to go fishing I have swallows flying in circles around me trying to catch bugs that are trying to use me to hide behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Looks like a Swallow to me as well... I have a pair of tree swallows occupying one of my bird houses...They are pretty birds... but can be aggressive.. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singingdog Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Definitly a Barn Swallow. They are the easiest of the swallows to ID, by the long, forked tail. Should be fun to watch them raise their young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted May 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 It is indeed a Barn Swallow, I ID'ed it in my Audubon Bird book before posting it.. and posted it because it's a pretty good pic and to see who would take the time to ID it here. They're amazing little birds that spend more time in the air than almost any other bird! They winter in the tropics, some as far south as central Argentina and come to North America to nest and raise their young. They're very active and industrious! This a pic of the nest, I think it's either almost finished or finished: They take the mud from my vegetable garden in the mornings after I water it! They're kind of messy little buggars, but it's a small price to pay for the amount of bugs they'll eat! A couple minutes with the powerwasher will clean that up! I aggravate them a little by sitting at my picnic table so I can watch them fly around me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holdfast Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 AHA, you are a NERD. BIRD WATCHING are We? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted May 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Hey now!!!... I really like my birds! If you want to see a good fight, watch a male Mockingbird pick a fight with a male Killdeer and get his whooped!!! It really tickled me, first time I'd seen Mr. Mockbird lose a fight!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattletrap2 Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 I always thought Bama WAS in the Tropics! Why would the little fellow want to winter anywars else? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motv8tr Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 very pretty indeed....could use a few bug eaters up here... Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Thats a musky!.....what do you think your doing posting pics of out of season species!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacey Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 Looks like a Swallow to me as well... I have a pair of tree swallows occupying one of my bird houses...They are pretty birds... but can be aggressive.. G They can be really aggressive as Gerritt wrote. I had a nest of them above the front door of my house one year. In the morning when I'd sit on the step and have my coffee before work, they'd dive bomb me. I'd be running around, flailing coffee and screaming like a banshee....when they left for the season, I took it down and will never let that happen again. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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