TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Tree Swallow "Nest Hijack" Tree Swallows- Tachycineta bicolor Tree Swallow- Tachycineta bicolor, Order PASSERIFORMES - Family HIRUNDINIDAE. On a sunny day, these birds "shimmer" in the sunlight. This pair was checking out the suitability of an unoccupied Eastern Bluebird nest box. "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." These tree swallows were found in the Brookville Reservoir area in extreme western Indiana near the Ohio border. (Photo: April 10, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 300mm f/4.0L IS USM, 1.4x teleconverter EF ll lens ) For More 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.