A juvenile Great Pootoo sits perched on a large limb amongst a field of green leaves. It appears to be squinting.

Cliff Swallows sit in their mud nests built on the underside of a nolonger used bridge.

A Ring-necked Pheasant struts across an open field on an overcast day.

A male American Kestrel perches on a cable in the afternoon sun, striking a stark contrast to the uninterrupted blue sky.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #ShortBeaks. Here are 4.

The Great Pooto is a juvenile, the others are adults.

#birds #ornithology #photography #BirdPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #GreatPooto #CliffSwallow #RingNeckedPheasant #AmericanKestrel

A portrait of a Cliff Swallow on a warm yellow background. Its head is deep blue with red cheeks and its beak is grey. Its eyes are round, black, and outlined with grey. Its body is tan with brown streaks. Its wings are mottled brown.The swallow is outlined with sketchy white lines.

December 13, 2025

Cliff Swallow

Background Paint: Raw Sienna

#watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #OnlyBeautifulThings #BCBirds #birdArt #cliffSwallow #swallow

Cliff Swallow babies being fed, Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino National Forest, August 5, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Swallow #Swallows #CliffSwallow #MapleHillsTrails #SanBernardinoNationalForest #SanBernardinoMountains

Cliff Swallow babies being fed, Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino National Forest, August 5, 2025. More flora and photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsUS #Swallow #Swallows #CliffSwallow #MapleHillsTrails #SanBernardinoNationalForest #SanBernardinoMountains

Cliff Swallow babies being fed, Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino National Forest, August 5, 2025.

More flora and photos:

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

#Bird
#Birds
#Nature
#Wildlife
#BirdsUS
#Swallow
#Swallows
#CliffSwallow
#MapleHillsTrails
#SanBernardinoNationalForest
#SanBernardinoMountains

ID: Daytime. Far distance, line of trees by river bank background. View between horizontal river and under James D. Pfluger Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge. Two White vertical arch two columns support three split bridges led to left,right and center.

ID: zoom in to view the row of small mud nests colonized that attach on edge of under bridge and support column.

Noticing the colony of bird nests under the James D. Pfluger Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge few days ago. I researched and think it is Cliff Swallow. ❤️(heart emoji)

#JamesD.PflugerPededtrian #Bicyclebridge #Austin #CliffSwallow #Bird

Cliff Swallow.
#bird #birds #birdwatching #birding #photography #nature #wildlife #birdinginutah #photographersofbluesky #BlueskyPhotography #naturelovers #shotoncanon #birdscrolling #birdsinflight #canonR5 #cliffswallow #swallows #swallowbird

Three cliff swallows in flight up to their nest on the bottom of a bridge!

Cliff swallows nesting under a urban bridge! #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #cliffswallow #cliffswallows #MadisonMiltonBridge #MadisonIndiana

I got to see a Cliff Swallow Nest!!!💞
#swallows #Hirundinidae #passerine #CliffSwallow #AmericanCliffSwallow #Swallow #songbirds #CliffSwallow #PetrochelidonPyrrhonota #bird #birds #birdlovers #naturelover #animals #creatures #naturesbeauty #nature #photography #BirdPhotography #birdwatching #cute

Cliff Swallow skimming the water. I am so pleased with this shot. #birds 🦉 #birdphotography #photography #nikon #nature #naturephotography #wildlife
#wildlifephotography
#birders
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#photographer
#birdsofbluesky
#newmexico
#cliffswallow

a cliff swallow feeds its chick in its bud built next on the side of a floating bathroom on Lake Cachuma, California.

lake cachuma

a little cliff swallow chick peeks out from its mud built nest attached to the eve of a floating bathroom on Lake Cachuma

lake cachuma

#Lake #Cachuma and its floating bathroom homes to cliff swallows. #birds #nature #California #cliffswallow #photography

Good practice shooting!
#birds #bird #cliffswallow #swallows #swallowbird
#🪶 #utahwildlife #utahwildlifephotography #canonR5 #shotoncanon #sigma150600 #birb #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #birdinginutah #nature #wildlife #photography #birdscrolling #birdsinflight #photographersofbluesky

These guys move fast!
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#🪶 #utahwildlife #utahwildlifephotography #canonR5 #shotoncanon #sigma150600 #birb #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #birdinginutah #nature #wildlife #photography #birdscrolling #birdsinflight #photographersofbluesky

Cliff Swallows 🥰

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#🪶 #utahwildlife #utahwildlifephotography #canonR5 #shotoncanon #sigma150600 #birb #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #birdinginutah #nature #wildlife #photography #birdscrolling #birdsinflight #photographersofbluesky

Tightrope

Tightrope

#CliffSwallow #Swallow #BirdonaWire #Birds #Wildlife

Cliff Swallow zigzagging, Mountain Center, San Bernardino National Forest, May 23, 2025. More flora and fauna photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #Birdsus #Swallow #Swallows #CliffSwallow #SanBernardinoNationalForest

Cliff Swallow zigzagging, Mountain Center, San Bernardino National Forest, May 23, 2025. More flora and fauna photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #Birdsus #Swallow #Swallows #CliffSwallow #SanBernardinoNationalForest

Cliff Swallow zigzagging, Mountain Center, San Bernardino National Forest, May 23, 2025.

More flora and fauna photos:

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

#Bird
#Birds
#Nature
#Wildlife
#Birdsus
#Swallow
#Swallows
#CliffSwallow
#SanBernardinoNationalForest

Cliff Swallows nesting, near Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, Cambria, May 7, 2025. More flora and fauna photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #Birdsus #Swallow #Swallows #CliffSwallow #Cambria

Cliff Swallows nesting, near Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, Cambria, May 7, 2025.

More flora and fauna photos:

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

#Bird
#Birds
#Nature
#Wildlife
#Birdsus
#Swallow
#Swallows
#CliffSwallow
#Cambria

Cliff Swallows nesting near the Bluff Trail, Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, May 7, 2025. More flora and fauna photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #Birdsus #Swallow #Swallows #CliffSwallow #BluffTrail #FiscaliniRanchPreserve

Cliff Swallows nesting near the Bluff Trail, Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, May 7, 2025. More flora and fauna photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #Birdsus #Swallow #Swallows #CliffSwallow #BluffTrail #FiscaliniRanchPreserve

Cliff Swallows nesting near the Bluff Trail, Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, May 7, 2025. More flora and fauna photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #Birdsus #Swallow #Swallows #CliffSwallow #BluffTrail #FiscaliniRanchPreserve

Cliff Swallows nesting near the Bluff Trail, Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, May 7, 2025. More flora and fauna photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=dgrimmphd&verifiable=any #Bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #Birdsus #Swallow #Swallows #CliffSwallow #BluffTrail #FiscaliniRanchPreserve

Cliff Swallows nesting near the Bluff Trail, Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, May 7, 2025.

More flora and fauna photos:

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

#Bird
#Birds
#Nature
#Wildlife
#Birdsus
#Swallow
#Swallows
#CliffSwallow
#BluffTrail
#FiscaliniRanchPreserve

Can’t wait to see them again 🪶 📷 #wildlife #nature
#cliffswallow

Two House Sparrow chicks poke out from their cliff swallow nest at cliff swallow hollow. A cliff swallow peeks out from a nest above them. This is on the east side of the bridge at Ruegger and Lack.

Two House Sparrow chicks poke out from their cliff swallow nest at cliff swallow hollow. Daddy House Sparrow flies away from the nest. A cliff swallow peeks out from a nest above them. This is on the east side of the bridge at Ruegger and Lack.

Two House Sparrow chicks poke out from their cliff swallow nest at cliff swallow hollow. Daddy House Sparrow sits on roof of the nest. A cliff swallow peeks out from a nest above them. This is on the east side of the bridge at Ruegger and Lack.

The House Sparrow chicks are thinking about fledging. I wonder if the presence of the bully House Sparrow is why the east side of the bridge is not as built up yet as in the past. 🪶 📷 #Wildlife #nature #birds #cliffswallow hollow

Nesting Cliff Swallow

A nesting Cliff Swallow at a popular Toronto Park..

#cliffswallow #swallows #birdphotography #torontobirders #birding

A small bird looking out for its mud nest on the bottom of a bridge.

A cliff swallow using a local bridge for its "cliff". #birds #cliffswallow #EastCoastKin

"Ascension", Oil on wood panel, 12x9 inches

#art #birdart #oilpainting #cliffswallow #birding #natureart #modernimpressionism