{"id":8944,"date":"2020-08-28T20:50:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T03:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=8944"},"modified":"2020-08-28T20:50:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T03:50:37","slug":"barn-swallows-with-juveniles-along-the-south-platte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/28\/barn-swallows-with-juveniles-along-the-south-platte\/","title":{"rendered":"Barn-Swallows, With Juveniles, Along The South Platte"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week, I took an break from work and headed down to the South Platte River. I heard that there were lots of egrets along the water’s edge after sunrise. I only got to see 2 or 3 egrets. After walking along the river, I sat down on some rocks on the river bank. Soon after, I noticed these two Barn-Swallows on a rock, some 15-feet away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Juvenile Barn Swallow, With Parent.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What good fortune! I sat and observed two Barn-Swallow parents and their juvenile offspring for a half-hour or so. I like the expression of this swallow sitting by the water’s edge as it looked at me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barn-Swallow By Water’s Edge, South Platte River.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The two juvenile birds were do some flight-training and probably taking a break. In this image, one juvenile is flapping it’s wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Juvenile Barn-Swallow, Flapping Wings.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The one parent swallow was taking turns looking after the juveniles while the other parent was in-flight along the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barn Swallow With Juveniles, South Platte, No 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Another image…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barn Swallow With Juveniles, South Platte, No 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In this image, the parent was looking up above me. Maybe keeping a eye or two on foot and bike traffic along the trail. Or maybe watching for predators in the sky?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barn Swallow With Juveniles, South Platte, No 3.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It was fun to observe these cool Barn-Swallows. Later, while heading back to the truck, I saw an egret and some cormorants. Maybe another time?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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