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violet-green swallow

Tachycineta thalassina

Photo by Jeff Dreier
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Riparian canyon within a shrub-steppe ecoregion

Notes:

Several flying along canyon edge. A few snags in the area probably provide the cavities needed for nesting, but the basalt cliffs in the area also provide suitable crevices.

Reference Links:

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

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