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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Shortsighted on May 27, 2019, 06:25:50 PM

Title: Swallow ID
Post by: Shortsighted on May 27, 2019, 06:25:50 PM

Found this swallow collecting nesting fiber on the beach.
It's shape reminds me of a Barn swallow but it is very brown and plain.
Could it be a Rough-winged swallow?

(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-KhKD8B9/0/c9d082b4/L/i-KhKD8B9-L.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-KhKD8B9/A)

Title: Re: Swallow ID
Post by: thouc on May 27, 2019, 11:01:53 PM

Could be a female Purple Martin. Do you have any idea of the size of the bird?

Title: Re: Swallow ID
Post by: Shortsighted on May 28, 2019, 07:36:59 AM

By Jove, I think you've got it!
That beak looked familiar and not exactly Barnesque.
It was rather elongated (like BS) but its size I cannot
recall. On sand there is little point-of-reference.
Thank you for opening the right door of my mind.
Now, how are you at fixing a psychosis?