Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)

Only one accepted record from North Carolina. Violet-green Swallows are common across western North America from Alaska to Mexico.
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) Violet-green Swallows (Tachycineta thalassina)
Clearwater Co., ID
9 May 2012

Note the white in the face wraps around behind and above the eye.

Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) Violet-green Swallows (Tachycineta thalassina)
Clearwater Co., ID
9 May 2012
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) Violet-green Swallows (Tachycineta thalassina)
Clearwater Co., ID
9 May 2012
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) Violet-green Swallows (Tachycineta thalassina)
Clearwater Co., ID
9 May 2012
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) Violet-green Swallows (Tachycineta thalassina)
Perching just before sunset in the shrubbery along the shoreline of Mono Lake, CA
16 July 2007
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) Violet-green Swallows (Tachycineta thalassina)
Wallace, Idaho
3 May 2008
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) Violet-green Swallows (Tachycineta thalassina)
Wallace, Idaho
3 May 2008

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