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Common House Martin (w Kids)
Delichon urbicum
48.0188, 15.5977
Spotting Video
Field Notes
Description:
The adult Common House Martin of the western nominate race is 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long, with a wing span of 26–29 centimetres (10.2–11.4 in) and a weight averaging 18.3 grammes (0.65 oz). It is steel-blue above with a white rump, and white underparts, including the underwings; even its short legs have white downy feathering.
Habitat:
The subspecies D. u. urbicum breeds across temperate Eurasia east to central Mongolia and the Yenisei River, and in Morocco, Tunisia and northern Algeria, and migrates on a broad front to winter in sub-Saharan Africa.
Notes:
I found those lil fellas caring and feeding their kids outside my window!
I also made another video showing 32 seconds of the same nest. Link here:
http://vimeo.com/26831142
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PublishedJuly 24, 2011
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