Riparia riparia – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Swallow Photos

By Mia McPherson|March 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: adult, back view, Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, branch, branches, canyon, Cliff Swallow, creek, desert, dirt road, forest, Hirundo rustica, immature, male, marsh, morning light, mountains, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, perched, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, phragmites, phrags, Riparia riparia, riparian habitat, road, sky, sky island mountains, spring, Stelgidopteryx serripennis, summer, swallow, swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, Tachycineta thalassina, Tree Swallow, Violet-green Swallow, warming up, Wasatch Mountains, wetlands, young|

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.

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Bank Swallow At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|August 11th, 2021|Categories: Bank Swallows, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah|Tags: Bank Swallow, marsh, perched, Riparia riparia, rush, summer, swallow, swallows, wetlands|

This Bank Swallow photo feels like I took it a lifetime ago. It was taken on July 30, 2009 at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge shortly after I moved to Utah.

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

By Mia McPherson|September 7th, 2019|Categories: Bank Swallows, Barn Swallows, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Cliff Swallows, Tree Swallows, Utah|Tags: adult, Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, early morning light, Hirundo rustica, immature, journeys, lifting off, marshes, migration, morning light, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Riparia riparia, soft, swallow, swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallow, young|

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.

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Bank Swallow Over the Red Rock River

By Mia McPherson|July 18th, 2017|Categories: Bank Swallows, Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana|Tags: adult, Bank Swallow, barbed wire, fence, mountain valley, perched, Red Rock River, Riparia riparia, river, smallest swallows, summer, swallow, swallows|

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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