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The cliff swallows are difficult to photograph because they
are always moving, very fast. By shooting many pictures near a
nesting colony, I managed to get a few pictures with birds in
them. This swallow is flying away from us, so you see the color
of its rump.
This swallow is flying toward us, so you see its white
forehead.
The nest of the cliff swallow is made of mud and attached to
protected areas of buildings, bridges, or other structures. It is
jug shaped, with the opening pointed downward. The swallows enter
by flying up into the opening.
One swallow is just arriving under the
eaves as another is just leaving (see the white forehead).
A good view of a swallow braking to turn upward into the
opening of the nest.
A rare occasion, this cliff swallow not only perched on the
wire above my yard, but waited while I went inside, got my camera and
came back out to take this picture.
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