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That's tree swallow to you and me.

I had a productive day today. Rather than spam the photography community with pictures of birds, I'll spam the bird community with pictures of birds instead. Canon R10, ƒ/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 640, 400mm using the Bird Lens (or the Poor Man's Bird Lens, anyhow).

Swallows in general and the tree swallow in particular are easy to identify when they're flying because of their distinctive two-pronged forked tail and very pointy wingtips, which are visible when they are in a dive. You'll see them spiraling and swooping and juking around like mad in the air because they eat insects and snatch them right out of the air while they're on the wing. If you see one sitting around, like this one, their bellies are ridiculously white and easy to spot. You'll find these all over most of North America.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I live Mid-Atlantic and I've never actually seen a Tree Swallow near me. I really like their coloring! I get a lot of Barn Swallows though. They just showed again for the Summer last week for me and I always forget how much I enjoy hearing their inane babbling