The last swallow picture in the link in the message sent on behalf of
Clarke O'Reilly, but not in this email -
In my book, "Birds of the Puget Sound Region", page 262 & 263, there is a
picture of a first year female Tree Swallow. It looks the same as in the
link.
Betty Boyd
Chimacum
Boyd6016 at msn.com

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My first thought was Tree Swallows (no white "hook" behind the eye, wings &
tail look to be "same" length, no white side patches on rump?), but then I'm
not certain from the pictures about colours. Doesn't seem to be any collar
between neck & breast, so not a Bank Swallow - (maybe could be a "drab"
Violet-Green if I am off on the wing/tail length or white sides of rump.
I'd think the swallow with a reddish breast would be a Barn Swallow (if it
has a "swallow tail")? At least that's where I'd start -

On Fri, 20 May 2011, Nancy Day wrote:

> I uploaded 7 (bad, sorry) photos of the swallows I talked about last week.

> Yesterday and this morning they landed outside my kitchen window to gather

> dead grass from the blacktop beneath the clotheslines.
>
> I don't have a great birding camera but, I'm sure you'll be able to see
> enough to identify them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nobleday/sets/72157626639507547/
>
> I tend to think there were two type as one's breast was white and another
was
> robin reddish. I didn't capture the second's photo. Interestingly, the
> Goldfinch was occasionally gathering grass, too.
>
> The Killdeer spent most of the day out back, too.
>
> Nancy Day, Renton
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