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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Tobias Timm on July 03, 2015, 06:37:49 PM

Title: Swallows feeding
Post by: Tobias Timm on July 03, 2015, 06:37:49 PM

These are from a pond near my university...

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/272/18570142683_b6c6a3f1a6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uhYQrR)Tree Swallows - Tobias Timm (https://flic.kr/p/uhYQrR) by Tobias Timm (https://www.flickr.com/photos/128607554@N03/), on Flickr

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3694/19204219465_c3f3d4758a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vg1Doa)Tree Swallows - Tobias Timm (https://flic.kr/p/vg1Doa) by Tobias Timm (https://www.flickr.com/photos/128607554@N03/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Swallows feeding
Post by: thouc on July 04, 2015, 10:50:41 AM

Nice action pictures. They are Barn Swallows, note the dark red throat. The juveniles haven't developed their forked tail yet.

/Thomas

Title: Re: Swallows feeding
Post by: Dinusaur on July 04, 2015, 12:01:03 PM

Quote from: "thouc"

.....The juveniles haven't developed their forked tail yet.

/Thomas

Thanks for pointing this out; I wasn't aware that the juveniles don't get forked tails. It got me confused a few times.

Nice photos of these cuties.

Title: Re: Swallows feeding
Post by: Tobias Timm on July 04, 2015, 04:59:31 PM

Thanks for the correction,  i would not have noticed. Good to know..