 | I’m a small bird with bright blue feathers on my back and white feathers on my tummy. I fly really fast, and I like to dive and swoop around you. Don’t be surprised if it takes you a few minutes to get your camera or binoculars focused on me! Most Likely Found: In a pond, In the marsh, In the open fields When: Winter Where I've photographed: Circle B Bar Reserve, Cockroach Bay Preserve, Joe Overstreet Road Read more: Tree Swallow at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ebird: Tree Swallow eBird range |
I have written 6 posts including a photo of a Tree Swallow
March 7, 2021 - Until I saw something better: a giant flock of Tree Swallows!... https://vimeo.com/517871472 It was the largest flock of Tree Swallows I've ever seen up close.... Dyeyo used to wonder if Tree Swallows ever landed.... Read more
April 11, 2019 - Tree Swallow The birds aren't the only springtime visitors in the backyard.... Read more
March 5, 2017 - Tree Swallow Murmuration - the vortex of birds is in the top right quadrant of the photo.... Tree Swallow Murmuration.... Read more
April 7, 2012 - We found a flock of Tree Swallows lined up on a telephone wire. Occasionally they would all take off, fly around, and then eventually reconvene on the wire. It can be pretty hard to photograph these tiny, fast birds. I love to try, though. Their bright blue iridescent feathers make…... Read more
September 12, 2010 - Great Blue Heron in flight I noticed several small groups (two and three birds) of Tree Swallows.... At least, I'm pretty sure they were Tree Swallows and not Barn Swallows, given that last year there were tons and tons of Tree Swallows along Wading Bird Way.... Tree Swallows Double-Crested Cormorants…... Read more
January 31, 2010 - Least sandpipers It was a slow birding day, so Dyeyo and I entertained ourselves by trying to photograph the tree swallows that are always flying around by Wading Bird Way. They never seem to land! Their feathers glow bright blue when the light hits them. They'll fly right at you…... Read more