Bird On A Wire
by Carol Montoya
Title
Bird On A Wire
Artist
Carol Montoya
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This barn swallow rest on a barbed wire fence with a mouth full of food for its babies she is actively feeding.
"Eurasia simply as 'the swallow,' the Barn Swallow is a distinctive bird with bold plumage and a long, slender, deeply forked tail. Barn Swallows are deep blue above, with an orange-buff breast and belly. They have russet throats and forehead patches. The rest of the head is deep blue, extending in a line through the eye, giving the birds a masked appearance. Females are slightly duller and shorter-tailed than males. Juveniles look similar to adults but have much shorter tails."
Barn Swallows can often be seen foraging for insects low over fields or water. In bad weather, they sometimes forage on the ground. They gather mud for their nests from mud puddles, although they do not raise their wings when they do this as Cliff Swallows do.
http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/barn_swallow
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July 11th, 2019
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Comments (38)
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2023 Featured Image Archive Discussion"!
Carol Montoya replied:
Thank you Don Columbus for a feature in your wonderful group, "Birds In Focus."
Brigitta Diaz
Nice capture, sure hope he doesn't hurt himself! L/F
Carol Montoya replied:
Thank you, and the swallows love to land on the barb wire before going to feed their babies.
Joan Bertucci
Beautiful presentation Carol! Love the story and I hope she knows not to lean over that wire! :-)