Purple Martin ID?? June 5 Hernando FL (1 Viewer)

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serena933

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• Jun 5, 2016

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Bank Sawllow or Northern Roughwing ID?? June 5 Hernando FL

Took this at Weeki Wachee Preserve in Hernando today. Is it a bank swallow or northern roughwing?? Thank you.

 

Last edited: Jun 5, 2016

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birdman69

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• Nov 8, 2016

• #2

looks like a tree or barn swallow....

 

KC Foggin

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• Nov 8, 2016

• #3

I'm inclined to say it's a Barn Swallow. Kind of hard to tell from the pics.

 

lou salomon

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• Nov 8, 2016

• #4

it's not a barn swallow, definitely. i'd have said purple martin but i don't know that species personally.

 

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Kratter

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• Nov 8, 2016

• #5

Purple Martin looks good fro this chunky broad winged swallow. The martin, Barn Swallow, and to a lesser extent Northern Rough-winged Swallow are the only swallow species expected in June in central Florida. Barn Swallow is a slim bird with a long tail, with conspicuous, white spots, and long narrow wings. Rough winged is a dainty swallow with a very small notch in the tail.

Andy

 

njlarsen

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• Nov 8, 2016

• #6

I think Lou might have nailed it. The tail is wrong for most of the species proposed, and the underside wrong for most of the rest.

Niels

 

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birdman69

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• Nov 11, 2016

• #7

hey Niels, i went to look at your website because it sounds like a good cause but it's gone?

 

njlarsen

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• Nov 12, 2016

• #8

It is not my personal website but the website of an organization. The official name changes a few years ago, but for a while the old website had more info. The old website now seems to have been taken offline, so I updated my signature

Niels