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[ TACHYCINETA BICOLOR ] Not so long ago, people believed that when swallows disappeared in the fall they dove into ponds and spent the winter sleeping in mud. Tree swallow - Los Angeles Times ...
Learn how to identify a male and female tree swallow. Find out about their nests, song, range map and ... and more blue-green ...
Metallic blue tree swallows nest in bird houses or in tree cavities. (Photo by Allan Hack) Our last two notable swallows, the tree swallow and the violet-green swallow, do not build mud nests.
Scientists in Thailand have discovered a new species of tarantula with a very unique blue hue. The tarantula is named Chilobrachys natanicharum and is also called the electric blue tarantula. The ...
The Tree swallow is a small passerine common throughout much of North America. Both males and females have iridescent deep blue-green-brown heads and backs with white undersides, although young ...
The boys of summer catch flies.The birds of summer catch flies.Baseball and birdwatching may be a strange mix, but the last time I visited Veteran’s Stadium to watch a Phillies game, I was ...
Tree swallows are easily identified by their glossy blue-green upperparts, snowy white breast and belly and short forked tail. They have a gently planing flight that’s quite different to that of other ...
Where tree swallows have a rather grumpy-looking face, with a metallic blue helmet quashed over their eyes, the whiter-faced plumage of this bird gives them what big-time birder Pete Dunne ...
A “mesmerizing” electric blue tarantula species has been discovered in Thailand, according to new research. A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga ...
The eastern bluebird has been the featured subject at least two dozen times over the 26-plus years Focus On Nature has been running on these pages. It’s a subject guaranteed to brings notes a… ...
MIFFLIN TWP. – With each clank of a metal tool, Victoria Roper drove a steel rod deeper into icy ground. “You’ve got to really want it,” said Roper, who this winter has been… ...
A “mesmerizing” electric blue tarantula species has been discovered in Thailand, according to new research. A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga ...