TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Tree Swallow Flight Tree Swallow- Tachycineta bicolor Tree Swallow- Tachycineta bicolor, Order PASSERIFORMES - Family HIRUNDINIDAE. "A common swallow of marshes and open fields." This year, Tree Swallows first arrived in SW Ohio in the last days of March. "The Tree Swallows winter farther north than any other American swallow." Tree swallows spend much of their active time fying just above the water surface. These birds were found in the Shaker Trace Wetlands in the Miami Whitewater Forest area in SW Ohio. (Photo: April 3, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USM) For more Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Tree_Swallow.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.