Swallows

Late Summer Barn Swallow Delight

By |2023-09-22T05:09:25-06:00September 22nd, 2023|Categories: Barn Swallows, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was thoroughly delighted to capture several late summer Barn Swallow photos during my last trip to the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. I was truly thrilled.

Hungry Barn Swallow Chicks

By |2023-08-25T05:05:34-06:00August 25th, 2023|Categories: Barn Swallows, Birds, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday, I shared photos of baby American Coots. Today, I am sharing an image of Barn Swallow chicks taken on the same day and location as the young coots.

Barn Swallow And Toe Shadows

By |2023-08-15T04:32:14-06:00August 15th, 2023|Categories: Barn Swallows, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

One year ago today, I photographed this Barn Swallow perched on a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service sign from the auto tour loop at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.

Tree Swallow Nesting In An Aspen

By |2022-06-08T14:30:48-06:00June 8th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Summit County, Tree Swallows, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While up high in the Uinta Mountains yesterday morning I photographed this female Tree Swallow checking out a nesting cavity in a Quaking Aspen.

Swallow Photos

By |2022-03-05T10:22:55-07:00March 5th, 2022|Categories: Bank Swallows, Barn Swallows, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Cliff Swallows, Morgan County, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Tooele County, Tree Swallows, Utah, Violet-green Swallows, Wasatch Mountains, West Desert|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today I wanted to share swallow photos that show the six species of swallows I see and photograph in northern Utah while they are here for their nesting season.

Cliff Swallows Gathering Nesting Materials

By |2021-06-23T05:31:13-06:00June 23rd, 2021|Categories: Birds, Cliff Swallows, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Yesterday morning I photographed Cliff Swallows gathering nesting materials and fighting in bright morning light high in the Wasatch Mountains.

Tree Swallows Have Returned

By |2022-05-27T06:28:16-06:00March 23rd, 2021|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Idaho, Modoc Creek, Summit County, Targhee National Forest, Tree Swallows, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A little birdie told me that Tree Swallows returned to the marshes at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge about the middle of this month.

Tree Swallows Nesting In The Uinta Mountains

By |2021-03-23T08:59:39-06:00May 25th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Summit County, Tree Swallows, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Tree Swallows and other birds should be nesting in the Uinta Mountains by now and I am itching to hop into my Jeep to drive up there to find them.

Barn Swallows – Soon To Arrive In Northern Utah

By |2021-04-14T16:35:55-06:00March 14th, 2020|Categories: Barn Swallows, Birds, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Perhaps the next weather front coming from the south will push these Barn Swallows into northern Utah, I know I will be watching for their arrival.

Swallow Quartet – Bank, Barn, Cliff And Tree Swallows At Bear River MBR

By |2021-03-23T09:59:23-06:00September 7th, 2019|Categories: Bank Swallows, Barn Swallows, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Cliff Swallows, Tree Swallows, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was glad to be able to photograph Bank, Barn, Cliff and Tree Swallows perched on top of a stand of phragmites near the auto tour route on the refuge in early morning light.

Some Of The Birds Seen At Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge During The Month of May

By |2024-02-09T08:22:42-07:00May 19th, 2019|Categories: American Avocets, American Bitterns, American Coots, American White Pelicans, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Blue-winged Teals, Box Elder County, Brown-headed Cowbirds, California Gulls, Cinnamon Teals, Clark's Grebes, Cliff Swallows, Forster's Terns, Killdeer, Long-billed Dowitchers, Marsh Wrens, Northern Shovelers, Red-winged Blackbirds, Ruddy Ducks, Savannah Sparrows, Tree Swallows, Utah, Western Grebes, White-faced Ibises, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

May is a time of renewal at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and as the marsh begins to green up the migrant birds return and along with the year round residents their songs and calls can be heard over the wetlands.

Spring Gathering Of Tree Swallows At Bear River MBR

By |2021-03-23T05:10:45-06:00April 9th, 2019|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Tree Swallows, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Tree Swallows were the most numerous of the swallows I saw and at the far northwest part of the auto tour route I found bunches of them resting in a stand of phragmites so I decided to get out, set up my tripod and photograph them from across the water.

Juvenile Barn Swallow Portraits

By |2021-04-14T16:39:28-06:00August 18th, 2018|Categories: Barn Swallows, Birds, Morgan County, Portraits, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'd driven up into a Wasatch Mountain canyon and was waiting for the sun to rise over the mountains when I spotted several juvenile Barn Swallows perched on a fence right next to the road in lovely morning light.

Beautiful Swallows and the Ugly Sack of Crap

By |2024-03-17T05:39:46-06:00June 21st, 2018|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The sack of crap was open, it doesn't matter to me if they left it open or if a critter opened it but that sack of crap was what was attracting the Northern Rough-winged Swallows and photos of these birds with dog waste shouldn't exist, yet now they do.

Photographing a Barn Swallow in the Wasatch Mountains with my Mom

By |2021-04-14T16:41:22-06:00June 18th, 2018|Categories: Barn Swallows, Birds, Summit County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

While these Barn Swallow photos aren't million dollar shots the experiences I shared with my mother while we photographed this bird together are worth everything to me.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow In A Wasatch Mountain Canyon

By |2021-04-14T12:27:04-06:00June 12th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Of the photos that I took that morning I liked this one Rough-winged Swallow the most because I could see its entire body while the other swallow had the out of focus perch in front of the body of the bird.

Nesting Tree Swallows in the High Uintas

By |2021-03-23T09:03:12-06:00June 3rd, 2018|Categories: Birds, Summit County, Tree Swallows, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

While I photographed nesting House Wrens in the High Uintas the last day of May I also photographed nesting Tree Swallows in the same Aspen tree in a cavity a bit lower on the trunk.

Barn Swallow Nesting Season Is Happening Now In Northern Utah

By |2021-03-12T04:18:23-07:00May 4th, 2018|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Barn Swallows, Birds, Davis County, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Barn Swallows are like tiny, feathered brick masons. One pellet by itself is nothing but combined pellets form the nests these birds use to raise their young in.

With Midges Emerging Will Swallows Arrive Soon?

By |2021-05-07T04:14:41-06:00February 18th, 2018|Categories: Barn Swallows, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark County, Cliff Swallows, Idaho, Modoc Creek, Morgan County, Targhee National Forest, Tree Swallows, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

That one midge I saw in the restroom at Bear River MBR did cause me to wonder if the swallows will show up early this year in northern Utah or will the predicted cooler weather cause them arrive at their normal time.

Up close with a Tree Swallow at Red Rock Lakes NWR

By |2021-03-23T09:08:39-06:00July 27th, 2017|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Tree Swallows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

While stopped at a gate at Red Rock lakes NWR a Tree Swallow flew in and landed on a fence post so close that I wasn't sure I was going to be able to focus on it but I had to try.

Bank Swallow Over the Red Rock River

By |2021-04-14T12:46:20-06:00July 18th, 2017|Categories: Bank Swallows, Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

While I looked around four days ago I saw this Bank Swallow resting on a fence that hangs over the Red Rock River and could not resist photographing it with the blue water below and behind it.

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