Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

Cliff Swallows are expanding their range eastward in NC and are nearly statewide though local in distribution.
Cliff Swallow Nests (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) nests
Chatham Co., NC
15 May 2004

Cliff Swallows nesting under a bridge at Jordan Lake in Chatham Co., NC (in the central piedmont).

Cliff Swallow Nests (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) nests
Chatham Co., NC
15 May 2004

Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Clearwater Co., ID
9 May 2012

Note buffy rumps and foreheads.


Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Walker River Meadows in the Sierra Nevada, CA
12 July 2007
Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Walker River Meadows in the Sierra Nevada, CA
12 July 2007

Cliff Swallows dust bathing in the road.



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