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Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Photo by The MnMs
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Description:

When I visited the Urquhart Castle in the Loch Ness I did not see Nessie but I saw many nice castle-resident swallows.

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Barn Swallow

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Comments (13)
The MnMs
Thanks Lauren! they are very pretty and interesting birds :-)
LaurenZarate
Very beautiful! Wish our swallows looked like that!
Micolo
Beautiful set of a lovely bird
The MnMs
Thanks Frederic! My videos are not so good (too much shaking image sometimes :-) but at least they show a few of the nice features I have observed in the spottings :-)
Frederic Ansermoz
Nice one Marta, I have even suscribed to your Youtube channel that I'm pronoting here :) http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNJOOlQoTUI5cq1TA0IBo_Q
Maria dB
Nice series and the video is a nice addition!
The MnMs
Thanks, Adarsha! This one was first singing for a long time but unfortunately he/she stopped when I made the video but is anyway cute see how he/she yawns and then preens :-)

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PublishedAugust 2, 2013

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