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  1. Wired ...

    Wired ...

    Wire-tailed Swallow ... wired to Nature ... ... with a cobweb ... ''wire'' _________________ Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 30 July 2024
  2. Wire tailed Swallow : iridescence : Amazing Wildlifeof India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Wire tailed Swallow : iridescence : Amazing Wildlifeof India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Showing lovely springtime ... ... iridescence and color ... One can see him calling as well ... ___________________ Keoladeo National Park India
  3. No ...

    No ...

    ... no more room here ... Shriek ... of another kind ... ____________________ Wire-tailed Swallow
  4. Wire-tailed Swallow

    Wire-tailed Swallow

    The blue back and chestnut cap show well in this photo. The wire outer tail feathers are hard to see but visible in this image. They are used in the male's display and are much shorter in females. This is the smaller nominate race which is widespread in Africa south of the Sahara. A...
  5. Wire tailed Swallow : collecting wet clay for nest : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari

    Wire tailed Swallow : collecting wet clay for nest : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari

    These beauties collect wet clay/ mud and roll it into small pellets ... ... mixing it with saliva and sticking these small pellets together to make lovely ... wonderfully designed retort shaped nests ... _________________ Village Mankrola Gurugram Haryana India 8 August 2023
  6. Wire-tailed Swallow Streak-throated Swallow : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Wire-tailed Swallow Streak-throated Swallow : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    5K views, 82 likes, 3 loves, 23 comments, 142 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Alok Tewari: The setting ... ... a combo of overcast sky ... sun peeping through occasionally ... ... water flowing in a wide canal ... ... wilderness and trees ... on its untamed banks ... ... magical...
  7. Lakescape-950

    Lakescape-950

    More evidence of nesting activity in August ... _________________ Wire-tailed Swallow 8 August 2023
  8. Juxtaposed ...

    Juxtaposed ...

    Not a quality capture ... ... photographically but a lucky one birding-wise Showing a Marsh Harrier female ... and a Wire-tailed Swallow ... fortuitously juxtaposed in flight ... not many if not any ... will be available on www ... __________________ Village Dighal Jhajjar Haryana India
  9. The wires ...

    The wires ...

    The wires of this fabulous male are showing very well ... ... allowing me a delightful shot __________ Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India
  10. Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari : Wire-tailed Swallows  and Streak-throated Swallows

    Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari : Wire-tailed Swallows and Streak-throated Swallows

    5K views, 81 likes, 3 loves, 19 comments, 141 shares, Facebook Watch Videos It was a happy season for Wire-tailed Swallows and Streak-throated Swallows ... And the adults and Juveniles of the two formed a stunningly beautiful mixed group ... getting along very well with each other ... I...
  11. On the waterfront ...

    On the waterfront ...

    Adult and immature ... Beautiful ... as them swallows are ... ... with wires flowing behind the tail ... they look special ... Population in India has a north-south seasonal movement within India ... This is Indian/ South Asian subspecies H. s. filifera ... _________ Wire-tailed Swallow...
  12. Summer tidings ...

    Summer tidings ...

    Summer tidings ... of joy and success Juveniles ... of ... Wire-tailed Swallow ... and Streak-throated Swallow aka Indian Cliff Swallow ... seen here with adult Wire-tailed ... ____________________ Bhindawas Bird Sanctuary Jhajjar Haryana India 13 August 2015
  13. Taking a break ...

    Taking a break ...

    Really adore these little beauties ... ... more so when they are rendering their lovely song of joy and togetherness __________ Wire-tailed Swallow ... adults and immature Hirundo smithii ... and Streak-thoated swallow immature ... Petrochelidon fluvicola Bhindawas Bird Sanctuary...
  14. Wire-Tailed Swallow

    Wire-Tailed Swallow

  15. Wire-tailed Swallow

    Wire-tailed Swallow

    I've just finished converting my bird database from Lotus Approach, which I started back when Lotus was fashionable, to Scythebill. A mammoth job and involving quite a bit of identifying species which have been split/lumped, but well worth it in the long-run!
  16. Wire-tailed swallow

    Wire-tailed swallow

    Another lifer, as was the Crested barbet I just posted. This is one advantage of being new to this activity - almost all the birds I see are lifers, at least when I visit somewhere new. Of course, that also has disadvantages. Not knowing them from before, I'm slow to recognize what I'm seeing or...
  17. Wire-Tailed Swallow

    Wire-Tailed Swallow

    The Gambia November 2016 with guide Ebou Barry
  18. Wire-Tailed Swallow

    Wire-Tailed Swallow

    The Gambia November 2016 with guide Ebou Barry
  19. Wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii)

    Wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii)

    On the shore of the Luangwa River in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. They are gathering mud for their nest
  20. Wire-tailed Swallow

    Wire-tailed Swallow

  21. Wire-Tailed Swallow

    Wire-Tailed Swallow

    Wire-Tailed Swallow
  22. Wire-tailed Swallow

    Wire-tailed Swallow

    An elegant hirundine usually found near fresh water.
  23. Wire-tailed Swallow

    Wire-tailed Swallow

  24. Wire-tailed Swallow

    Wire-tailed Swallow

    A real beauty to watch in flight with its wire tail spread out behind it
  25. Wire Tailed Swallow

    Wire Tailed Swallow

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