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Violet-Green Swallow This was arguably the hardest bird in flight that I have ever attempted to capture. These swallows are extremely fast, acrobatic, and erratic in their flight patterns. They feed on small flying insects and dart around trying to catch them at high rates of speed above waterways. I took at least 100 images and was fortunate enough to retain 5 semi "keepers". Geotagged,Spring,Tachycineta thalassina,United States,Violet-green swallow Click/tap to enlarge

Violet-Green Swallow

This was arguably the hardest bird in flight that I have ever attempted to capture. These swallows are extremely fast, acrobatic, and erratic in their flight patterns. They feed on small flying insects and dart around trying to catch them at high rates of speed above waterways. I took at least 100 images and was fortunate enough to retain 5 semi "keepers".

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    morpheme
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    nice job - I've never even tried to catch a swallow in flight - they are so fast and turn on a dime. I do think that these guys are probably Violet Green Swallows though. Bank swallow, I'm pretty sure, are brown. Posted 9 years ago
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      Stephen Philips
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      Yeah I looked these up again and would agree on assessment. What through me at first is the seemingly larger body on these compared to the violet-greens. Although this may be true the coloring is a sure sign. Thanks! Posted 9 years ago

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The Violet-green swallow

The violet-green swallow is a small North American passerine bird in the swallow family. These aerial insectivores are distributed along the west coast from Alaska to Mexico, extending as far east as Montana and Texas. With an appearance very similar to the tree swallow, these individuals can be identified by the white rump side-patches that appear to separate their green back and purple tail. Violet-green swallows are secondary cavity nesters, found in a number of habitats including deciduous and.. more

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Uploaded May 2, 2016. Captured Apr 28, 2016 15:21 in Needlerock Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85262, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 5DS R
  • f/4.0
  • 1/6400s
  • ISO400
  • 190mm