A barnswallow with an insect in its mouth.

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Blue.

#bird #birdphotography #barnswallow

Barn swallow perched among dense lichen-covered branches, with green foliage in the background.

barn swallows return
zigzagging through open air
bugs fear blue lightning

#dailyhaikuprompt #Swallow #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #BarnSwallow #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #BirdsOfBluesky #EastCoastKin

If you’ve had the pleasure of hearing a male #barnswallow singing his love song, this is what it sounds like. Male is on the left, female on the right.

#birdoftheday, #openbeak, #barnswallow, #naturephotography, #photography, #bird

A barn swallow with deep blue wings and back, rusty orange throat, and cream-colored belly perched on a lichen-covered branch, looking toward the camera.

Busy gathering nesting materials, this barn swallow paused just long enough for a quick look my way.

#WildlifePhotography #birds #BarnSwallow #RidgefieldNWR #BirdOfTheDay #tricolour

A Barn Swallow with an iridescent, navy-blue back, wings, and tail, a deep rusty-orange throat and forehead, pale buff underparts. and a thin blue-black breast band. The bird also has a long, deeply forked tail with white spots. This bird was perched on a brown branch with spots of pale green lichen against a background of bright green summer leaves. Seen at Stony Brook WS in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #tricolour -- birds with three colours or more. This multi-colored #BarnSwallow looks stunning against a background of green leaves (Norfolk, MA - 6/11/25) 😍🐦🍃

#birds #swallows #tricolor #ECK #AnimalArtTuesday #birdphotography #OM-1 #nature @alan678.bsky.social

Barn swallow looking directly at the camera

#Barnswallow #lookingatme #birdoftheday

Ooh! Courtship has started!

I’ve never seen the female (left) #barnswallow arrive first to claim a nest and attract a male (right), but that’s what’s happening this year! Our little lady is making her own decisions lol

#BarnSwallow #flight
#CrosswindsMarsh #MI

#birds
#photography
#birdphotography
#BirdWatching
#birdsofbluesky
#nature
#wildlife
#wildlifephotography

pretty birds
#BirdOfTheDay
#photogenic
#birds
#barnswallow
#boattailedgrackle
#osprey
#brownpelican
#surfcitync
#photography

A male barnswallow in breeding plumage. He is dark cream color on his chest, with a vibrant chestnut brown band around his neck, and black/blue iridescent color on top of his head and bjs back and tail. He is perched on a secured branch next to a nest that’s been reused for many years.

Ooh! We have a Mr. #Barnswallow on the scene!

No Mrs. Barnswallow, yet, but that’s okay. Our guy is so handsome I’m sure he’ll find a mate soon.

#birds #nature #swallows #wildlife #barnswallow

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FourOrMore, captures of 4 or more birds in 1 photo. These juvenile Barn Swallows are packed in tight, but it looks like 4... or more! That little guy on the right? Yeah, he's lookin' at you. 😄

Some juvenile barn swallows for #BirdoftheDay #borb
Arcata, CA🪶

#birds #swallow #passerine #botd #barnswallow #ornithology #birding #nikon #wildlife #naturalist #animals #nature #babyanimals #photography #humboldt #arcata

borbs
#BirdOfTheDay
#Borb
#birds
#collareddove
#mockingbird
#yellowrumpedwarbler
#barnswallow
#topsailisland
#nature
#photography

oh, the drama
#BirdOfTheDay
#DramaQueens
#barnswallow
#brownpelican
#boattailedgrackle
#greatblueheron
#birds
#topsailisland
#nature
#photography

A Barn Swallow perched on a wire mesh fence against a blue river background.

A brief intermission from the screaming. ⏸️

The "Hangry Diaries" will continue soon, but for today: Here is a Barn Swallow enjoying a quiet break on the Hudson River.

No open beaks. No drama. Just vibes.

#birds #barnswallow #nature #wildlife #photography

A photo of a painting that shows a barn swallow sitting on a small branch watching over its territory. There's a blue sky and a grassy background.

I finished my barn swallow painting in my sketchbook yesterday :D Look at this little fella, I love him! #painting #birds #barnswallow #watercolour #inktense #colouredpencils #traditionalart

Today's rather late #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FavouriteOfTheMonth. I have not been out birding this month so the alternate theme is #Blue

#HimalayanShortwing
#BarnSwallow
#AsianFairyBlueFlycatcher
#BlueWhistlingThrush

#Bird #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography

Tuesday's theme is #BirdOfTheDay #BrownIsBeautiful

#1. #Gadwall
#2. #Pied-billedGrebe
#3. #HouseSparrow (female)
#4. #BarnSwallow

#Birds!🦉 #Birding #Nature #Feathers

Barn Swallow at Elephant Pan/Botswana, Africam

#birds, #Swallow, #BarnSwallow #nature, #wildlife, #Botswana, #livestream, #Africam

Today's #BirdOfTheDayTheme is #TailsUp

#LongTailedGroundRoller
#RunningCoua
#VariegatedFairywren
#BarnSwallow

I know technically the barn swallow is not a bird you would associate with having it's tail up. But I liked seeing it's tail up just as it's about to take off.

#bird #birds

A Barn Swallow with an iridescent blue-black on the bacs, wings, and tail, a rusty colored throat, forehead, and cheeks, and buff to whitish underparts. The bird was perched on a brown branch with green lichen and surrounded by green leaves, and was nestled down by the pedestrian bridge at Stony Brook W.S. in Norfolk, Massachusetts in June 2025.

For the #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #One and the #BOTD theme of birds perched on a branch, here's a beautiful #BarnSwallow that I saw last June in Norfolk, MA 💙

#birds #swallows #BirdOfTheDay #perfectperch #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat #photography #OM-1 #Massachusetts @alan678.bsky.social

Beak full of wet mud to build a nest, a red-breasted, blue-backed swallow stands on a structural metal bolt.

#DailyBird 🤖
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), 8th May 2024
es: Golondrina Común, fr: Hirondelle Rustique
Prime Hook NWR, Broadkill Hundred, Delaware
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 754mm, 1/250s, f/11, ISO 5000
#Birds #BarnSwallow #BARS #BirdOfTheDay

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

#BirdOfTheDay theme of #ShortBeaks

Love watching these characters fly about.

#BarnSwallow #HirundoRustica #BirdsOfBluesky #BirdPhotography #AvianPhotography #Swallows #Songbirds #PrairieBirds #BirdsOfCanada #NaturePhotography #FeatheredFriends

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShortBeaks, any bird with a short beak by @robcrank68.bsky.social. Dreaming of summer already, Barn Swallows only have lil bitty beaks, so here's a warm one.

#birds #barnswallow #summer #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

beakers
#barnswallow
#osprey
#brownheadednuthatch
#chickadee
#BirdOfTheDay
#ShortBeaks
#pendercountync
#birds
#nature
#photography

Voting closes tonight!

It's the time of year when we select the #Haikubox Bird of the Year! 🪶

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#Black-and-whiteWarbler #BarnSwallow #White-crowned Sparrow #BaltimoreOriole

not much snow 'round these parts
#greategret
#barnswallow
#greatblueheron
#snowyegret
#BirdOfTheDay
#goldenhour

Mother #BarnSwallow bringing lunch to her chicks.
#CaughtInMotion #BirdOfTheDay
Taken at the #OregonCoastAquarium
#Photography

A peaceful landscape of a Great Blue Heron standing in water with swallows flying nearby.

Happy 2026! 🥂✨

Kicking off the year with a Great Blue Heron and some very busy Barn Swallow friends. May your 2026 be full of focus, flight, and plenty of time in the great outdoors. 🌾🐦

#birds #greatblueheron #barnswallow #nature #photography