#cliff swallows

[antiqueanimals]

Florida Wildlife, June 1959. Illustration by Wallace Hughes.

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[boy-warbler]

Cliff swallow, Tommy Thompson Park

[lindseybyrd]

Second bird inspiration book idea:

Pygmy Falcons in the Kalahari Desert are allowed to stay near the Cliff Swallows nests even though they occasionally eat the swallow babies because they will also defend the nest from other predators.

So like, the Cliff Swallows will willingly let the Falcon stay and sacrifice some of their young to protect the rest.

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[scottpartridge]

The Cliff Swallow is day 25 of #migratorymay2024 hosted by @migratorymay and @environmentamericas

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Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

6/16/2023 San Diego County, California

[neverlostphotography]

Saw a thriving cliff swallow nest!

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[alonglistofbirds]

[2508/11080] Cliff swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Sylvioidea Family: Hirundinidae (swallows, martins and saw-wings)

Photo credit: Anne Spiers via Macaulay Library

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Migratory May day 25: Cliff Swallow

Reference photo by Caleb Putnam

Inks and lineless variant under the cut:

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Cliff Swallow

Photo: Becky Matsubara

"This swallow is probably far more common today than when the Pilgrims landed. Originally it built its jug-shaped mud nests on the sides of cliffs. However, the sides of barns and the supports of bridges provided sheltered sites that were far more widespread than the natural ones. Taking advantage of these artificial locations, the species has invaded many areas where it never nested before. Although it is continuing to spread in the east, it is still more common in the west, where practically every culvert and highway bridge seems to have its own Cliff Swallow colony."

- Audubon Field Guide

[birdblues]

Cliff Swallow

[doing-something-unholy]

Is it geologically probable for swallows rest to have basalt cliffs? Not really. Am i gonna headcanon it anyway? Of course.

Because I can picture Adrian and Victor walking along the beach, spending time waiting for lord vane to arrive. When all of a sudden Adrian comes to a dead stop in the middle of a sentence, staring at something ahead of them. Then he gasps, and gets so excited he forgets where he is, who he's with, and the collar around his neck, as he starts excitedly slapping Victor in the arm going, "Look, look, look, look--" at top speed.

Victor, who was primed for some kind of emergency since Adrian stopped talking is looking around frantically like, "What, what happened???"

Only for Adrian to point ahead and whisper-yell, "Basalt cliffs!!" And start booking it across the beach.

And yeah, maybe it painfully reminds Victor a lot of his younger self, and he's just about ready to remind Adrian of his manners as a priest, but then Adrian turns around to see if hes coming and the smile on his face is the most animated hes seen Adrian since he met him. And when he catches up he gets treated to a long winded ramble about crystal structure and volcanic activity and geologic hotspots and the Implications and how they could easily be the most ancient part of the island and erosion wear patterns and hes always wanted to see these in person cause they have them in northern ireland and and-- Its the most he's ever heard Adrian talk in one sitting.

And he supposes that having an appreciation for the wonders of the world that God made is perfectly acceptable for their profession, and lets him talk as long as likes.

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[starskynder]

Cliff Swallow

[fairymarymag]

Cliff Swallow

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

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Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

6/16/2023 San Diego County, California

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