Not Often Seen Older Fledgling Barn Swallows

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                                                 Three of Four Barn Swallow Fledglings

                                                   Four of Four Barn Swallow Fledglings


06-22-18

0700-0841/73-78 F/partly to mostly cloudy/W-8/65-61% RH/29.94-29.95 Hg and rising

Not seen too often, these birds have been out of their mud nest under the Lakeview Rd. bridge
for a few days now.  These fledgling Barn Swallows can be identified by the white downy feathers
still on their bodies.  As they reach adulthood, they will have the long forked tail.  Notice the small tan forehead stripe, as opposed to an adult's dark forehead.

They had been perched on a snag near land off the sidewalk near the intersection of Lakeview Rd. and Husband St.

The high point of numbers for both Cliff and Barn Swallows are greatly lessening in numbers.  Both species only have one clutch per year.  These will be my only photos of juvenile Barn Swallows this year.