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| | The Birdhouse Network - Violet-green Swallow |
 | | Violet-green Swallows are aerial feeders, and their diet mainly consists of flying insects such as leafhoppers, beetles, wasps, ants, flies, and bees. | | | If food is abundant (for example, a swarm of insects), Violet-green Swallows forage in small flocks or loose aggregations, with conspecifics and other species. | | | In the northern portion of their range, pair formation begins in mid-April and breeding begins in late May. In the southern portion, breeding begins in early May. Although their territorial behavior has not been completely described, Violet-green Swallows appear to defend their nests from other Violet-green Swallows (conspecifics) and from other species. |
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http://birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/bird_bios/speciesaccounts/vigswa.html
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| | Violet-green Swallow Nest |
| | Shortly after the chickadees abandoned the nest box, a pair of Violet-green swallows moved in. | | | The pair of Violet-green Swallows started building on top of the chickadee nest on May 16, 2001. | | | Violet-green Swallow ( Tachycineta thalassina) Nest: Building the Nest and Laying Eggs |
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http://www.jamesreserve.edu/nestbox31.2001/nestbuilding.html
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| | Violet-green Swallow Nest |
| | June 1, 2000: A pair of Violet-green swallows started bringing in nest material and moving around the previous western bluebird nest material in nest box #31. | | | On June 1st, a few days after the western bluebird hatchlings were preyed upon by a gopher snake, a pair of Violet-green Swallows, Tachycineta thalassina, started to bring nest material into nest box #31. | | | June 10, 2000: Female laid her first egg sometime in the middle of the night or early morning on the 11th. |
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http://www.jamesreserve.edu/vgswallows/violetgreenswallow3.html
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| | Violet-green Swallow |
| | Occ nest in loose colonies of up to 20 pairs. | | | Defends area around nest hole from other cavity-nesting species of swallows. | | | Several pairs have been documented helping Western Bluebirds to rear nestlings and subsequently breeding in the nest box after the bluebirds fledge. |
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http://www.stanfordalumni.org/birdsite/text/species/Violet-green_Swallow.html
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| | eNature.com Nature Guides |
| | Like many other swallows, the Violet-green lives in colonies, basically because of its feeding needs. | | | Where one finds food there is usually enough for all, and when feeding communally these birds can more readily detect and defend themselves from hawks. | | | White cheek extending above eye and white on sides of rump distinguish it from Tree Swallow. |
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http://www.enature.com/flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0256
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| | Violet-green Swallow facts |
| | Violet-greens often nest near Tree Swallows, sometimes competing for the same nest holes. | | | will limit the availability of nest sites for this species of Swallow. | | | The Violet-green Swallow generally nests in holes and crevices, often using previously excavated |
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http://www.icehouse.net/erickw/nestcam/swallowfacts.html
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| | Ontario Birds, Authors Index |
| | Unusual mating behaviour by a Tree Swallow 18(3):134-135 | | | Smith's Longspur: First record for Ontario in winter, and for the Hamilton area 20(3):120-129 | | | Fleas collected from Cliff Swallow nests in Ontario 5(3):113-115 |
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http://www.ofo.ca/journal/journalauthors.htm
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| | Jan.-May 1999 Bird Notes from the Sandpiper (Lincoln Co., Oregon) |
| | Our first spring report was at Wandemere on 4/4 (RC). | | | Such spring flights have been seen before, but they do not appear to be as common as southerly flights in fall. | | | Two TREE SWALLOWS were singing and flying high in the morning sunshine over EH's South Beach home on 2/13. |
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http://www.oregonvos.net/~rbayer/lincoln/99bird-a.htm
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| | Violet-green Swallow, eNature.com |
| | Crown, back, and forewing green; back of neck, flight feathers, midrump stripe, and tail dark violet; white underparts continue up behind eye; sides of rump white. |
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http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showRguide.asp?rguideID=714&speciesID=2010
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| | Encyclopedia4U - Hirundinidae - Encyclopedia Article |
| | The bird family Hirundinidae is a group of passerines characterised by their adaptation to aerial feeding, and known as swallows and martins. | | | There is no scientific distinction between the two names, but the squarer tailed species tend to be called martins. |
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http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/h/hirundinidae.html
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| | Violet-green Swallow House |
| | Violet-green swallows nest in forested mountains of the west; boxes placed on large trees in a semi-open woodland will attract them. | | | House also suitable for Tree Swallows, Tufted Titmice, Prothonotary Warblers, House Finches and Carolina Wrens. |
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http://www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com/violetgreen_swallow_house.htm
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| | Tree Swallow & Violet-green Swallow |
| | White also extends onto either side of the rump which looks like a white rump patch in flight. | | | Both of these swallows a very similar in appearance and can be difficult to tell apart. | | | They may have two broods in one season. |
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http://www.elwas.org/highlights/data/20021013_211844833
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| | Santos Mahogany |
| | At that moment the pigeons which had till then never ceased to circle round the stake, flew away, and were lost in the clouds. | | | Some of them were allowed to shoot with real guns in the holidays, which reminded me of the worst excesses of my brother in Yorkshire. | | | Anna Maria Schurmann heard these doctrines when prostrated by a double sorrow, the deaths of her father and brother. |
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http://santos_mahogany.purrycats.com/
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| | The News-Review - Life |
| | For the past few weeks, a Vaux's swift, a hummingbird, two green swallows and a western bluebird were roommates. | | | Ruth Saily holds a mealworm up for a violet green swallow to eat during one of the numerous times daily she feeds the bird. | | | A great horned owl Saily raised for nearly a year never fully recovered from an injured wing and "flew like a lead balloon" when she tried to release the bird. |
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http://www.oregonnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040822/FEATURES01/108230028
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| | Alpha Codes and Names |
| | You can find all the alpha codes for birds at: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/manual/aspeclst.htm#A The way they code the names is usually the first two letters of each word in the name HOuse SParrow (HOSP) for example or EAstern BLuebird (EABL). | | | I don't know if this helps or makes it more confusing, but there you go. | | | Therefore, for birds like this, they use first three letters of first word and only first letter of last word so TRUmpeter Swan is TRUS and TREe Swallow is TRES. |
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http://www.bestofbbml.audubon-omaha.org/alpha.htm
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| | Violet-green Swallow |
| | I really don't want them in the eaves but I do have nest boxes (like the one on the tree in the picture) that they are more than welcome to utilize! | | | So far, the Violet-green Swallow is the only swallow I have seen at my house. | | | I love to watch them dive and swoop and chase each other. |
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http://members.aol.com/cascadebirdwatch/vgswallow.htm
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| | Violet-green Swallow |
| | Next Species -- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) |
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http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/birds/sdatlas/species/61500.htm
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| | Violet-green Swallow |
| | Violet-green Swallows at Hause Creek Campground, Wenatchee National Forest, Yakima County, WA - August 2003. | | | Violet-green Swallows adorning a dead conifer - August 4 | | | Digital image, taken with an Olympus C-700 Ultra Zoom |
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http://www.birdinfo.com/Violet-greenSwallow_2003-08.html
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