#swallows — Public Fediverse posts

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/05/13/wnag-pensthorpe-trip-2026-4-cranes-and-flamingoes/
My fourth post in my series about the #WNAG excursion to #Pensthorpe on Saturday, in which the #Cranes and #Flamingoes get their time in the sun.
#Autism #WestNorfolkAutismGroup #photography #birds #EurasianCrane #GreyCrownedCrane #EgyptianGeese #Shelducks #Oystercatchers #Swallows

HEY, STOP WATCHING. THIS IS PRIVATE! #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #birdwatching #birdwatcher #birdwatchers #matingseason #mating #birdsandbees #nature #natural #matingseason #nesting #nestingseason #spring #springtime #pennsylvania #swallow #swallows #treeswallow #treeswallows #tinybird #tinybirds #birdhouse #birdhouseresident #birdhouseresidents #staring

HEY, STOP WATCHING. THIS IS PRIVATE! #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #birdwatching #birdwatcher #birdwatchers #matingseason #mating #birdsandbees #nature #natural #matingseason #nesting #nestingseason #spring #springtime #pennsylvania #swallow #swallows #treeswallow #treeswallows #tinybird #tinybirds #birdhouse #birdhouseresident #birdhouseresidents #staring

HEY, STOP WATCHING. THIS IS PRIVATE! #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #birdwatching #birdwatcher #birdwatchers #matingseason #mating #birdsandbees #nature #natural #matingseason #nesting #nestingseason #spring #springtime #pennsylvania #swallow #swallows #treeswallow #treeswallows #tinybird #tinybirds #birdhouse #birdhouseresident #birdhouseresidents #staring

HEY, STOP WATCHING. THIS IS PRIVATE! #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #birdwatching #birdwatcher #birdwatchers #matingseason #mating #birdsandbees #nature #natural #matingseason #nesting #nestingseason #spring #springtime #pennsylvania #swallow #swallows #treeswallow #treeswallows #tinybird #tinybirds #birdhouse #birdhouseresident #birdhouseresidents #staring

HEY, STOP WATCHING. THIS IS PRIVATE! #bird #birds #birding #birder #birders #birdwatching #birdwatcher #birdwatchers #matingseason #mating #birdsandbees #nature #natural #matingseason #nesting #nestingseason #spring #springtime #pennsylvania #swallow #swallows #treeswallow #treeswallows #tinybird #tinybirds #birdhouse #birdhouseresident #birdhouseresidents #staring

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https://www.europesays.com/iran/93841/ Hormuz Shock Swallows US Exports #a #again #and #as #chokepoint #closure #Critical #decisive #energy #equation #escalate #even #exporter #exports #factor #Global #gulf #has #Hormuz #in #Islam #key #looms #market #most #net #Now #of #Oil #once #Persian #PersianGulf #prices #prospect #raced #reality #remains #shock #Single #spike #States’ #strait #strategic #Swallows #tensions #the #this #thresholds #Times #toward #underscores #United #US #with

Swallows returning to Rye find barn doors, windows shut

A colony of barn swallows has returned to its summer home in New Hampshire, but the doors and…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #barn #barndoor #barnswallow #Bird #ConservationCommission #garyterhune #GossFarm #Rye #ryeconservationcommission #save #SaveOurSwallows #Science #summer #susanshepcaro #swallow #swallows #thousand #town #window #year
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Swallows returning to Rye find barn doors, windows shut

A colony of barn swallows has returned to its summer home in New Hampshire, but the doors and…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #barn #barndoor #barnswallow #Bird #ConservationCommission #garyterhune #GossFarm #Rye #ryeconservationcommission #save #SaveOurSwallows #Science #summer #susanshepcaro #swallow #swallows #thousand #town #window #year
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Bit twee maybe. #hare #swallows #felt #wool #art

Bit twee maybe. #hare #swallows #felt #wool #art

Bit twee maybe. #hare #swallows #felt #wool #art

8/8
I hope you enjoyed the #MarshMadness photographs which I have been posting this month, which have included photos of many of the wetlands I have had the rare privilege to study over my career. Wetlands are increasingly threatened globally, even here in Canada, and deserve our protection as a matter of urgency.
#Wetlands #Science #Ecology #EcosystemServices #Conservation #AerialInsectivores #Bats #Swallows #Entomology #CrossEcosystemFlux

7/8
This highlights the importance of preserving these poorly-studied, ephemeral habitats, which are often the first to be lost as rivers become disconnected from their floodplains. When this happens, we lose not only the natural beauty of the riverscape, but also a larder for aerial insectivores - both birds and bats - which forage the river corridor
#MarshMadness #Wetlands #Science #Ecology #EcosystemServices #Conservation #AerialInsectivores #Bats #Swallows #Entomology #CrossEcosystemFlux

6/8
Early results from our study are showing that wetlands which fringe the main river channel, which may completely dry up by the end of the summer, nevertheless provide a much richer and more abundant source of food for insectivores when compared to more isolated wetlands, which are generally less productive.
#MarshMadness #Wetlands #Science #Ecology #EcosystemServices #Conservation #AerialInsectivores #Bats #Swallows #Entomology #CrossEcosystemFlux

5/8
Here in the Canadian Maritimes, rivers remain diverse and productive, hosting a rich insect fauna, which emerge around the time of arrival of migratory insectivores such as tree swallows. A close up of our light trapping system, shows both aquatic and terrestrial insects (including a very large hawk moth!).
#MarshMadness #Wetlands #Science #Ecology #EcosystemServices #Conservation #AerialInsectivores #Bats #Swallows #Entomology #CrossEcosystemFlux

4/8
In addition to quantifying insect biomass, we also collect specimens of flying insect species to analyze their fatty-acid content. Fatty acids are extremely important in the early development of swallow nestlings, and aquatic insects provide a rich source. Sampling is performed at dusk using UV light attractors, when insects are on the wing,.
#MarshMadness #Wetlands #Science #Ecology #EcosystemServices #Conservation #AerialInsectivores #Bats #Swallows #Entomology #CrossEcosystemFlux

3/8
The study, supported through an #NSERC Discovery Grant, is examining a set of five wetlands - four of which connect to the river, and another isolated (perched) basin. We measure flux of aquatic insects from these wetlands using pyramidal emergence traps, which collect emerging insects which provide a key food supply for aerial insectivores.
#MarshMadness #Wetlands #Science #Ecology #EcosystemServices #Conservation #AerialInsectivores #Bats #Swallows #Entomology #CrossEcosystemFlux

2/8
Aerial insectivore - both bats and birds - are declining globally. For this reason, knowing more about their critical breeding habitats is important to conserve these important species, many of whom migrate intercontinental distances from their overwintering areas to their summer breeding grounds here in Canada.
#MarshMadness #Wetlands #Science #Ecology #EcosystemServices #Conservation #AerialInsectivores #Bats #Swallows #Entomology #CrossEcosystemFlux

1/8
As a finale to my #MarshMadness posts this month, I’ll tell you about an ongoing project in my lab. With my field crew and PhD student Thamarasi Aththanayaka, we have been studying the role played by river floodplain wetlands in providing food to aerial insectivores including swallows and bats, in an urban river floodplain here in Fredericton, New Brunswick
#Wetlands #Science #Ecology #EcosystemServices #Conservation #AerialInsectivores #Bats #Swallows #Entomology #CrossEcosystemFlux

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Violet-Green #Swallows at #MonoLake...

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#Birds #NaturePhotography

Violet-Green #Swallows at #MonoLake...

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#Birds #NaturePhotography

Violet-Green #Swallows at #MonoLake...

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#Birds #NaturePhotography

Violet-Green #Swallows at #MonoLake...

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#Birds #NaturePhotography

Violet-Green #Swallows at #MonoLake...

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#Birds #NaturePhotography

"...and next time, bring something *useful*, not another stick!" Nesting swallows, Carindale I'm too late for @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay #raisedwings 😄 ...but #smArtist #fuss and #AnimalArtTuesday #photography #birds #BIF #swallows #wildlife #nature #EastCoastKin

🌎 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) #NorthAmericanBirds #CentralAmericanBirds | #TreeSwallow #WhiteBelliedSwallow #TachycinetaBicolor | #TreeSwallows #SwallowFamily #Swallows #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by terski🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

Schwalben gelten angeblich bei Seeleuten als Symbol für Hoffnung und Heimkehr. Aber auch Landratten haben Freude an ihnen.
Die handgemalten #wandklex Originale sind derzeit im Klexshop auf https://www.wandklex.art/product/schwalbe-illustration-handgemalt-gerahmt-in-minirahmen-535429. #birds #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #art #artShop #swallows #swift #fediart #mastoart #creativeToots #artforsale

Schwalben sind schon mit die bezauberndsten Vögel - ich verbinde viele Kindheitserinnerungen damit.
Diese hier sind flugbereit; die #wandklex Originale sind seit kurzem nun im Shop freigeschaltet auf https://www.wandklex.art/product/schwalbe-illustration-handgemalt-gerahmt-in-minirahmen-535429.
#birds #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #art #swallows #swift #fediArt #mastoArt #creativeToots #artforsale

Auch vier Schwalben machen noch keinen Sommer, aber sie erzählen uns zumindest schon davon.
#workinprogress, freie Arbeiten, kommen teilweise später in den #wandklex Shop.

#birds #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #art #swallows #swift #fediart #mastoart #creativeToots

@greatbasinbirds

I love all kinds of #Swallows. We get large flocks visiting #Florida in the colder months. I once was "embedded" in a large murmuration in the #Everglades and it looked like it had started raining. Then we realized it was the birds pooping on us. Not to worry... they were just little pellets of insect exoskeleton (not the more familiar white bird "poop" which is actually the equivalent of urine for birds).

One evening I saw a bunch flying low over the reeds in our lake feeding on midges. I went out and captured this video. I also experimented with in-camera and post-processing slow motion. No music, so if you bump up the volume you can hear their little chips and then the same slowed down. It is kind of beguiling. 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLS-zn7VPVA

#Birds #Video #TreeSwallows #NaturePhotography

Framing at my new house will have to pause for a short while as the swallow chicks have finally hatched. Nature has a habit of redefining priorities.

Unfortunately the nest is exactly where a steel joist needs to go and I can't prepare the location whilst they are there.

The picture isn't great as I didn't want to disturb them any more than I have to.

#offgrid #SelfBuild #swallows #birds

Tree swallow babies.

#birds #TreeSwallows #BirdHouse #swallows #bird #wildlife #MastodonOnly

Portrait of a Swallow

A cute little tree swallow stopped for a minute at the top of this post to pose for a portrait shot.

#treeswallow #wildlife #nature #animal #bird #perched #swallows

These Birds Got a Little Too Comfortable in #Birdhouses. #PurpleMartins may have been saved by human-built #nestboxes. What happens when our hospitality runs out? #habitat #ClimateCrisis #migratorybirds #swallows #wildlife #biology #birdhouses #secondarycavitynesters https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fscience%2Farchive%2F2023%2F10%2Fpurple-martin-birdhouse-habitat-survival%2F675661%2F

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As I struggle to accept autumn is coming, a summary of the #summer here at the Thicket:

way less wind, way less rain, stronger/longer heat domes, and higher humidity than previous years. I also feel like the #swallows left early.

I am tired of the #heatdomes. Maybe I am ready for 🍃🍁🍂🕷🎃 #KsWx #ClimateChange

Since the #swallows have mostly gone, the #dragonflies now lord over the bugs. They glide silently through the humid, windless air at #dusk, their wings barely brushing the crown of your head as they patrol the area under the barn's outdoor floodlight. An incredible #GoodOmen 😌