Barn Swallow Images and Information:
Hirundo rustica
- Barn Swallows are a deep cobalt blue above, rust below with darker throats, they have tiny bills and feet and long forked tails.
- Barn Swallows feed while in flight and consume flies, beetles, ants, butterflies, midges, mosquitoes, wasps and bees.
- They are migratory and can be found throughout much of North America.
- Barn Swallows prefer habitats that include open areas near lakes, ponds, marshes, beaches near coasts, fields, parks and meadows. These areas must have structures or cliffs for them to nest in the area.
- Barn Swallows lay 4 to 7 eggs which take 13 to 17 days to hatch. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous, colonial nesters.
- A group of barn swallows is called a “kettle” of swallows.
- Barn Swallows can live up to 8 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Barn Swallow photos.
Immature Barn Swallow
Title: Immature Barn Swallow
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 7/14/2013
Barn Swallow with a beak full of mud
Title: Barn Swallow with a beak full of mud
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/8/2013
Barn Swallow lifting off with nesting material in its bill
Title: Barn Swallow lifting off with nesting material in its bill
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/8/2013
Barn Swallow resting on a boulder
Title: Barn Swallow resting on a boulder
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/8/2013
Hundreds of swallows at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Title: Hundreds of swallows at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/28/2013
Fluffed up Barn Swallow
Title: Fluffed up Barn Swallow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/30/2010
Barn Swallow at Bear River MBR
Title: Barn Swallow at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2010
Barn Swallow on wooden post
Title: Barn Swallow on wooden post
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2010
Barn Swallow on a curved perch
Title: Barn Swallow on a curved perch
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2009
Barn Swallow stretching
Title: Barn Swallow stretching
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/28/2009
Barn Swallow with wide open beak
Title: Barn Swallow with wide open beak
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 5/28/2009