Barn Swallow
Description: A graceful and colorful bird, it sports a navy blue back and wings with a buff-orange front. The throat and forehead are reddish brown. The tail is deeply forked in flight, a notable characteristic that distinguishes it from other swallows.
Nest: cup of straw and mud lined with soft grass, hair and feathers. Mud pellets attach the structure to the surface and build its shape. They are sometimes colonial. Attached to or built on support beams in barns or sheds, eaves of a building, or cliffs.
Eggs: 4 – 7 white - cream eggs with brown spots and speckles.
Diet: Flying insects such as moths, mosquitoes, damselflies and flies. Insects are caught in the air.
Habitat: Pastures, ponds, meadows, roadsides and barnyards. Barn Swallows fly above fields and water, catching insects or snatching a drink.
Nest: cup of straw and mud lined with soft grass, hair and feathers. Mud pellets attach the structure to the surface and build its shape. They are sometimes colonial. Attached to or built on support beams in barns or sheds, eaves of a building, or cliffs.
Eggs: 4 – 7 white - cream eggs with brown spots and speckles.
Diet: Flying insects such as moths, mosquitoes, damselflies and flies. Insects are caught in the air.
Habitat: Pastures, ponds, meadows, roadsides and barnyards. Barn Swallows fly above fields and water, catching insects or snatching a drink.