Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Violet-green Swallow

 Violet-green Swallow
The violet-green swallow nests in the western half of North America from Alaska to Mexico. Like the tree swallow, which are common in the eastern half of North America, they are cavity nesters. Since tree swallows are slightly larger they are more likely to take over prime nesting locations where the species range over laps in the middle of the continent. During the winter these swallows migrate to Central and northern South America. This is only the second time that we have seen this species in Yellowstone. Usually winter still has its grasp on the area when we visit so they do not return until after we leave. This year though, Yellowstone sent all of the cold and snow to Minnesota and they had a mild winter so the swallows had already returned. When we do see these birds it is usually around Old Faithful. They seem to like to nest in crevasses in the buildings. 




21 comments:

Mary Howell Cromer said...

Such a beautiful bird. Great photograph share! We have Tree Swallows that are similar~

HansHB said...

Awesome!

mick said...

Beautiful colors on the bird.

Jama said...

Such a beautiful colour.

KristiBowmanDesign said...

I've only recently seen these beauties myself, in my yard and more recently while out and about. Stunning!

Cindi said...

Simply beautiful!

ChrisJ said...

What a beautiful bird! I would love to see one.

Roger Owen Green said...

another VERY descriptively dubbed bird.
ROG, ABC Wednesday team

Arija said...

So glad it was warm enough in Yellowstone for this very colourful swallow to be there and for your capture. Another new bird for me.

Carole M. said...

oh the colours are fantastic; what a lovely bird to capture like you did

Anonymous said...

Beautiful bird. Amazing color.

Joy said...

What a beautiful little bird. It almost looks unreal, like one of the birds in the old Snow White cartoon.
Joy - ABC Team

Neil said...

Beautiful colours on the Swallow.

FrancesandtheBee said...

Beautiful!

Amazing wonders in my life said...

very pretty...:)

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