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Violet-green Swallow

Tachycineta thalassina

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Field Notes

Notes:

These guys were flying with Tree and Barn Swallows, catching insects that were hovering over the lake. What acrobats!! Wildlife Refuge in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

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Violet-green Swallow, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithol…

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PublishedApril 24, 2013

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