{"id":2150,"date":"2010-07-10T23:45:21","date_gmt":"2010-07-11T07:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2010-08-01T16:06:01","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T00:06:01","slug":"violet-green-swallows-feeding-nestlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/wild-birds\/bird-sightings\/violet-green-swallows-feeding-nestlings","title":{"rendered":"Violet-green Swallows Feeding Nestlings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Violet-green Swallow Nestling photos by Larry Jordan<\/p>\n

This Violet-green Swallow<\/strong> nestling was looking for its breakfast this morning when I went out at 6:00 a.m. to check on them.\u00a0 The sun was just coming up over the horizon and this young bird was looking to fill that creamy gape with some flying insects.<\/p>\n

Of course he or she can’t fly so this little one is waiting for one of its parents to feed it.\u00a0 I caught the male briefly sitting on the fence before bringing his bounty to the table.<\/p>\n

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as the female was taking a well deserved break<\/p>\n

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It was a very busy morning in and around the nearby oaks.\u00a0 House Finch juveniles were chirping in the background as Black-headed Grosbeak juveniles joined in the chorus, seemingly trying to drown out the nestlings pleas.<\/p>\n

A young Oak Titmouse<\/strong> was foraging nearby and decided to investigate the nest box that looks exactly like the place he was recently born.<\/p>\n

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The Violet-green Swallows<\/strong> looked on from the fence, not seeming to mind.\u00a0 But that Oak Titmouse<\/strong> was sure surprised when it came face to face with a gaping nestling and flew off for safer ground.<\/p>\n

The next intruder on the swallow’s territory wasn’t so well received.\u00a0 This Ash-throated Flycatcher was a bit too much for the Violet-green Swallow<\/strong> pair and they drove him off.<\/p>\n

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The short feeding break was over and the adults got back to their feeding duties.\u00a0 I shot a video of the female Violet-green Swallow<\/strong> feeding the nestling.\u00a0 It’s less than a minute long but you can see the nestling watching the adult as he flies around in front of the nest box before actually delivering the food.<\/p>\n

The food delivery itself doesn’t take long so don’t blink around the 40 second mark!<\/p>\n

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In case you missed it, here is a photo series of the male feeding one of the nestlings.\u00a0 The approach…<\/p>\n

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note the white rump patches coming up the sides that help distinguish this swallow from the Tree Swallow in flight<\/p>\n

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and the food transfer<\/p>\n

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followed by the departure, too quick for the camera<\/p>\n

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Wanna see more great bird photos?\u00a0 Check out Bird Photography Weekly<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Violet-green Swallow Nestling photos by Larry Jordan This Violet-green Swallow nestling was looking for its breakfast this morning when I went out at 6:00 a.m. to check on them.\u00a0 The sun was just coming up over the horizon and this young bird was looking to fill that creamy gape with some flying insects. Of course […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[641,6,12],"tags":[705,1384,647,271,895,727],"class_list":{"0":"post-2150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-bird-photography-weekly","7":"category-bird-sightings","8":"category-cavity-nesting","9":"tag-ash-throated-flycatchers","10":"tag-bird-photography-weekly","11":"tag-cavity-nesting-birds","12":"tag-oak-titmouse","13":"tag-swallows","14":"tag-violet-green-swallow"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2150"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155,"href":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions\/2155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}