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Tree Swallow

A tree swallow sits crosswise on a dead branch. The blue-green feathers of its head glisten in the sun and its white breast feathers so their shoft texture. These insectivorous birds use keen eye-sight to catch flying insects. often foraging over wetlands.

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Image Size: 1349x900 / 147.0KB; 19 Hirundinidae 23 Passeriformes Birds Public Lands Skagit County Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Wildlife Management Area Wylie Slough
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A tree swallow sits crosswise on a dead branch. The blue-green feathers of its head glisten in the sun and its white breast feathers so their shoft texture. These insectivorous birds use keen eye-sight to catch flying insects. often foraging over wetlands.