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  1. Drunken perch

    Drunken perch

    After our visit to my Patch over lunchtime, we moved on to explore what we call the Windfarm Road. First of all we came across a Barn Swallow sitting on what looks like a very precarious post!! Light was really weird up there that day. Saturday Fun
    • delia todd
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    • 2024 alyth barn swallow hirunda rustica june nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland tullyfergus
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. Barn Swallow

    Barn Swallow

    A fledgling juvenile. The "gape flanges" are the yellow edges to base of the bill. The yellow gape flange and yellow-orange mouth lining stimulate the adult birds to feed their babies. North American breeding birds are the subspecies "H. r. erythrogaster" characterized by their reddish belly...
    • jmorlan
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    • barn swallow california hirundo rustica usa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  3. R

    Hello Everyone

    Hello everyone, Late to this thread as well but seems there are still some recent conversations. I rescued a barn swallow from a barn I work at on August 1st. He was thrown out of the nest and never taken back by mama bird. I brought him home, my husband and I basically rehabilitated him and...
  4. barn swallows

    barn swallows

    • bievreJJ
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    • barn swallow camargue france hirundo rustica
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. Barn Swallow

    Barn Swallow

    This was taken off the dock. Lots of deleted images but I kept this one. Hope you enjoy the image.
    • Jim Crosswell
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    • barn swallow bird hirundo rustica swallow
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  6. Barn swallow

    Barn swallow

    • Digiscoper321
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    • barn swallow hirundo rustica west sweden
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. Barn swallow

    Barn swallow

    Camo hide close-up.
    • jbpixels
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    • barn swallow bavaria hirundo rustica
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  8. Fighter jet

    Fighter jet

    I like the wing position of this Barn Swallow image, it reminds me of a fighter jet. Hope you enjoy the image.
    • Jim Crosswell
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    • barn swallow hirundo rustica swallow
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  9. Barn swallow

    Barn swallow

    In front of my camo hide (@283 mm/1.6x cc). After some exciting days fledged Manton Bay boy 1R0 at 8:07:15 this morning. Good luck single boy.
    • jbpixels
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    • barn swallow bavaria hirundo rustica
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Barn Swallow, Female

    Barn Swallow, Female

    Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) This is Amelia Earhart, the next generation. She enjoys flying as much as her name sake.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • barn swallow brazos county college station hirundo rustica erythgrogaster texas usa wolf pen creek park
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  11. Barn Swallow

    Barn Swallow

    Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) top view.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • barn swallow brazos county college station hirundo rustica erythrogaster texas usa wolf pen creek park
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  12. Barn Swallow Fledgeling

    Barn Swallow Fledgeling

    Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) fledgeling waiting patiently to be fed.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • barn swallow brazos county college station hirundo rustica erythrogaster texas usa veterans park and athletic complex
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  13. Happy Mothers Day!

    Happy Mothers Day!

    Barn Swallow juvenile being fed (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster).
    • Stanley Jones
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    • barn swallow brazos county college station hirundo rustica erythrogaster texas usa veterans park and athletic complex
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: North America
  14. barn swallow

    barn swallow

    mud puddle along dirt road
    • bievreJJ
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    • barn swallow camargue france hirundo rustica
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. Barn Swallow, Male

    Barn Swallow, Male

    Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) male.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • barn swallow brazos county college station hirundo rustica erythrogaster texas usa wolf pen creek park
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  16. Barn Swallow

    Barn Swallow

    Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) after an insect. Wolf Pen Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Post Oak Savanna vegetation area, open manicured park with Wolf Pen Creek and a small riparian at 79 m (259 ft) elevation. April 2024
    • Stanley Jones
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    • barn swallow brazos county college station hirundo rustica erythrogaster texas usa wolf pen creek park
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  17. Barn swallow

    Barn swallow

    Well, I was in the rain, and there were swallows hunting over a pond. Why not? It is not the best photo, but I had the most fun trying to photograph these fast flyers in these tough conditions. This bird's wings look very tattered.
    • MelospizaMelodiaFan
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    • barn swallow
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  18. Young ones

    Young ones

    On our way up to the Patch towards the end of September we found a few Barn Swallows on the overhead wires. From this picture it looks like there's two ages of youngsters here... the one on the left looks far more advanced than the one on the right?
    • delia todd
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    • 2023 barn swallow blairgowrie drimmie hirunda rustica nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland september
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  19. Not very tuneful

    Not very tuneful

    On our way Up the Hill there were some young Barn Swallows on the overhead wires, which we stopped to photograph. In the past I'd have struggled to get them all in as there were so many. So jam-packed in it was impossible to count them. This time the struggle was because they're so spaced out...
    • delia todd
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    • 2023 august barn swallow blairgowrie drimmie hirunda rustica nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  20. P

    Injured juvenile barn swallow

    Hello! A juvenile barn swallow was found on the ground at a horse farm. It was trying to fly up onto a concrete area, but couldn't because the concrete area was too high (only about 2 inches). Upon investigation, the bird's wings were injured, with the flight feathers on the halves of the...
  21. Barn swallow taking a nap

    Barn swallow taking a nap

    Oh what a sleepy little guy, such a cute bird
    • Alvaenerle
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    • barn swallow canon sx70 hs sx70
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  22. Barn Swallows

    Barn Swallows

    Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) two fledgelings and an adult female feeding one of the fledgelings.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • barn swallow blinn college brazos county bryan hirundo rustica erythrogaster texas usa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  23. Barn Swallow

    Barn Swallow

    Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) male.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • barn swallow bell county belton heritage park hirundo rustica erythrogaster texas usa
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  24. Barn Swallow

    Barn Swallow

    • Cristian Mihai
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    • barn swallow hirundo rustica randunica
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  25. Barn Swallows

    Barn Swallows

    Large flock on a lake bank, near the Black Sea coast. Just arrived from migration.
    • Cristian Mihai
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    • barn swallow hirundo rustica randunica
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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