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<\/a>\nTree Swallow<\/em><\/p>\n
Will Swallows Share Shelter?<\/h2>\n
What first caught my eye was the contrasting colours of the small birds seeking shelter in the sun and out of the wind in just two of a long row on bushes along the shore.<\/p>\n
Barn, Tree and Northern Rough-Winged Swallows were sitting, reasonably amicably, wing by tail. They did not segregate by species nor did they seem to be aggressive towards each other.<\/p>\n On the contrary, they were noisy! A steady stream of arriving and departing birds didn\u2019t interrupt the chirps and chitters as dozens of birds spoke. I don\u2019t know if they were bad mouthing the weather or discussing the tasty insects they had just caught swarming above the Lake Ontario waves. It was interesting to hear the different kinds of calls all at the same time.<\/p>\n The only swallow I didn\u2019t see was the Cliff Swallow. I suspect they don\u2019t arrive back quite as early as these three. There are also occasional reports of Bank Swallows in Mississauga and I did not see any of those, either. Of course, I didn\u2019t stay long as the birds needed their peaceful respite out of the weather so I may have missed some.<\/p>\n I hadn\u2019t expected to see any swallows up close on this particular walk. I had debated going on around a bend in the bay since it was cold and windy and the only birds seemed to be dozens of Ring Billed Gulls. I\u2019m glad I kept going, though, or I would have missed the chance of seeing this colourful social set.<\/p>\n Related Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Join In<\/strong> Like a tree ornamented with spun glass birds, this simple bush along side the Lake glittered with green, blue, purple and orange swallows. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-3291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-focus","tag-birds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3291"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8386,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions\/8386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
\nNorthern Rough Winged Swallow<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSometimes two birds would try to land at the same spot.<\/em><\/p>\nWere the Swallows Silent?<\/h2>\n
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\nThis Barn Swallow had a lot to say.<\/em><\/p>\nWere Any Common Swallows Missing?<\/h2>\n
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\nThe swallows all perched together and not very far apart.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBarn Swallows are the only Ontario swallows with the long double-pointed “swallow” tail.<\/em><\/p>\nAlways Look Around the Bend<\/h2>\n
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\nDo you have swallows nesting near your home? Which types have you seen recently? Please share your sighting with a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"