Perched on slender reeds, a group of barn swallows gathers in a moment of stillness that contrasts with their usual speed. Known for swift, acrobatic flight and deeply forked tails, these birds are built for life on the wing. They catch insects midair and travel vast distances between continents. Subtle variations in color and markings suggest that more than one subspecies may be present, reflecting the barn swallow"s extensive global range.
Barn swallows of different subspecies resting together
Today in History
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Four little birds sitting in a tree…
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Astronomy Day
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In the Highlands for Saint Andrew s Day
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Fall comes to the Last Frontier
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Hemingway’s Keys
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A species worth defending
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Fly me to the moon
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And the skies filled with bats…
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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A bridge too Fawr
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Muskoxen in Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway
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Paper lanterns on the longest night
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A red fox on the Swiss side of the Jura Mountain range
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Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
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Broken Beach in Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
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National Fossil Day
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Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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Shadows on the solstice
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In the path of the pronghorn
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World Migratory Bird Day
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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
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Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
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Taughannock Falls State Park
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Happy Easter from the ‘peeps’ at Bing
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The birthplace of a classic Christmas carol
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Après-ski in the Dolomites
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Splendid leaf frog
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Cuban tody, Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, Cuba
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Caribou on the move
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Wildebeest on the move
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