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  1. Tricky light

    Tricky light

    Well, we safely negotiated our way round the whistler and started our walk around the lake, first encountering a Welcome Swallow on a tree snag.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia hirundo neoxena lake seppings november welcome swallow western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. Do they get any cuter...

    Do they get any cuter...

    ....than sibling fledgling Welcome Swallows? Waiting patiently for a parent to come with food.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia hirundo neoxena little grove nikon coolpix p900 november welcome swallow western australia
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow

    • peterday
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    • hirundo neoxena neoxena onkaparinga river recreation park south australia welcome swallow
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow

    • peterday
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    • adelaide hirundo neoxena onkaparinga river recreation park south australia welcome swallow
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow

    • peterday
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    • australia hirundo neoxena julatten kingfisher park queensland welcome swallow
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow
    • thunor
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    • hirundo neoxena welcome swallow
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Keeping a low profile

    Keeping a low profile

    In amongst the reeds we found a fledgling Welcome Swallow, obviously waiting for his next meal. I think this was the youngest one I'd seen.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide australia hirundo neoxena laratinga wetlands nikon coolpix p900 october south australia welcome swallow
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Landing light

    Landing light

    After that wonderful whale watching cruise, a Welcome Swallow was waiting to see us berth safely.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 australia gold coast hirundo neoxena nikon coolpix p900 october queensland welcome swallow
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow
    • thunor
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    • hirundo neoxena welcome swallow
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow
    • thunor
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    • flight hirundo neoxena welcome swallow
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Welcome Swallows

    Welcome Swallows

    Welcome Swallows
    • thunor
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    • flight hirundo neoxena welcome swallow
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Welcome Swallows

    Welcome Swallows

    Welcome Swallows
    • thunor
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    • australia flight hirundo neoxena new south wales welcome swallow
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow
    • thunor
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    • hirundo neoxena swallow welcome swallow
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow

    • peterday
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    • goolwa barrage hirundo neoxena south australia welcome swallow
    • Comments: 19
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Welcome Swallow

    Welcome Swallow

    lots of these about these summer days
    • craigwilson
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    • hirundo neoxena new zealand pelorus sound welcome swallow
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  16. Welcome Swallow!

    Welcome Swallow!

    This one turned up a couple of weeks ago and sat on a post out near the ramp. I was going outside to see if I could get a better shot of the Rainbow Lorikeets that were at the feeder, needless to say I stayed with the Welcome Swallow as they are very rare visitors here. Hope you enjoy!
    • Nora
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    • welcome swallow
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Back lit

    Back lit

    We walked along the path until we could see a bit out over the water. Saw this Welcome Swallow on a snag, unfortunately I couldn't do much about the direction of light.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 albany australia hirundo neoxena lake seppings nikon coolpix p900 october welcome swallow western australia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Who doesn't love...

    Who doesn't love...

    .... babies? We left the hide and followed the path to the shore, and there, on an old fence post sat these two adorable Welcome Swallow fledglings!! Adorable!
    • delia todd
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    • albany fledglings hirundo neoxena welcome swallow western australia
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. New Life

    New Life

    ... and there in the reeds, waiting patiently for mum or dad to arrive with some food, was this sweet wee Welcome Swallow, obviously not too long out of the nest. On the surface they do look rather like our Barn Swallows, but these guys lack the black band under the red throat.
    • delia todd
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    • 2019 adelaide australia hirundo neoxena laratinga nikon coolpix p900 october south australia welcome swallow
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. Welcome Swallows

    Welcome Swallows

    • peterday
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    • hirundo neoxena pengilly welcome swallow
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Welcome

    Welcome

    I'd was walking up to the car park area (to gain access to the weir... more of which later), when I saw these two Welcome Swallows land on a wire more-or-less over my head.
    • delia todd
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    • gold coast hirundo neoxena oxenford weir queensland welcome swallow
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  22. And there...

    And there...

    .... was a Welcome Swallow sitting on one of the bollards as we were docking. Then we had a nice lunch in their cafe before setting off exploring again.
    • delia todd
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    • gold coast hirundo neoxena queensland welcome swallow
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  23. Salutations

    Salutations

    Out on a dead branch over one of the lakes sat this rather pretty Welcome Swallow
    • delia todd
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    • hirundo neoxena sandy camp road wetlands welcome swallow
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. Welcome Swallows

    Welcome Swallows

    • peterday
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    • hirundo neoxena pengilly welcome swallow
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  25. Mud collectors

    Mud collectors

    I then got myself some practise with flying swallows, there were plenty about collecting mud for their nests. This show I was quite pleased with though as I'd got three pretty well focused birds, and some nice colour on one of them.
    • delia todd
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    • hirundo neoxena minnippi park welcome swallow
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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