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Published: 2007-11-21 22:17:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 2033; Favourites: 62; Downloads: 60
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a swallow that only nests in two locations in the world...one in South American where it spends the winter and one in Missouri,USA......called a Bank Swallow or Riparia riparia meaning ~riverbank~.....it makes it's nests in holes it digs out of the side of cliff faces.....need to edit info here? there's at least two other known locations for these guys here in the US.....one in Fort Funston, Ca....and of course can't find the other now...grrr....but these are listed as the smallest North American bird...and here i thought the hummingbirds were tiny
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Nice picture. And the the dreamy, indistinct background gives it a paint-ish feel. I think birds are awesome, but they are so damn hard to photograph. Well done.
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amen they're hard! if i had a better camera for that sort of photography i'd probably be addicted to taking pics of them. sadly? i'm more of a 'hold still darn it' sort of photographer so mushrooms seem to cooperate much better. 
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The difficult of birds can't be disputed, but I'm afraid I can't condone the photographing of mushrooms.
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'Take only pictures, Leave only foot prints'..........
at least? i don't catch my mushrooms in a 'frisky' sort of postition for my photos...lol
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I had some mushrooms once in my "yard" (sort of forest) that wouldn't be there one day, and the next they would be 8 inches tall. Traumatized me for life. Mushrooms can be plenty frisky on their own!
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lol...most likely some sort of inky.....they have a tendency to appear and dissappear...........if they're the honey? they invite a million of their friends for the party.
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A horrifying thought!
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lol...well...at least u know? that both varieties are edible
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sorry, but i think your mistaken.
i live up in il. usa, and we get tons of them here.
two years again we had four pairs nest on the side of my house. it was pretty cool watching them build thier cone like mud nests honeycomed to gether
speaking of swallows, have you ever seen a purple martin?
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i went in and looked up more info on these birds.......it seems they DO live in other locals? but they don't build nests....they live in cliff faces off of riverbanks and sand dunes.......so far have only found info for 3 locations here in the US on them.......if u know any other info i'd love to see?
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sorry, my bad
i was thinking of cliff swallows.
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here's a link to the purple martin associations website.
them and tree swallows are my favorites out of the swallow family. the purple martin is actually the largest species of swallow in the usa.
my mother has a colony of almost 250 purple martins that return each year to our purple martin houses, and we also maintain local forest perseves colonies 
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are these the birds that people build '
i think when i read the short link about my little travelers they mis-typed their info? i'm finding more and more info on them and now know he's not such a rare bird as i had thought...and he's DEFINATELY NOT North America's smallest bird......i think? he's the smallest SWALLOW...but i believe the hummingbird is a lot tinnier....
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isnt the huming bird the smallest bird in the world???
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aww, i love thier picture
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in one article i'd read they kept swearing the bank swallow was north america's smallest bird........but i know i've found tiny hummers...i know there's a hummingbird that's smaller then u'r pinky finger for sure.....here's a link i just posted fo the Bank Swallow area i took this little guy's pic at.....hope u like. [link]
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these are hole diggers...not nest builders.these only build in cliff faces and the info i have is posted in front of the one and only known area here in the US.....there's a ton of varities of swallows that are in the US.....i'll post an image of these guys' nesting area.....
i'm not the greatest with small bird id's? lol...but haven't yet seen a purple martin that i know of? do u have an image of one?
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Neat little guy... swallows are so difficult to capture
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I love the way he is out on the very edge of the limb, looking like he is sitting but almost to fly. Wonderful!
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thanx ...these guys are usually non stop motion
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wonderful shot, you are welcome
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thanx! this kills me...never fails? the images i think people will like the least are the ones they like the most! lol thanx for the comment and fav.!
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Absolutely love this!! There's a kind of visual haiku about this that is very appealing. Amazing image!
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thanx bunches! like i said earlier....a step off from what i usually do.......but the results i'm pleased with. thanx!
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great snap with a beautiful background effects........nice job dear
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thanx! i was getting super frustrated trying to make him stand out.....but i finally just decided to '
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thanx! appreciate that.......it was frustrating me.......grrr
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Neat, neat, neat!!! The image, btw, looks like a dream or painting! Nice work!!
(You'll be happy to know that, in honor of Thanksgiving, I am waving the compliment fees!)
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~phew~ ...but..um..hey? i've got a question.......i need help finding out what this dang mineral i found is.......in abundance! i've looked up kansas metal ore and all sorts but nada....grrrr
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I need photos, descriptions, exact locations, area and how found (laying on surface, erroded stream bank, dug up under 1 foot of top soil, etc.) before I can even begin to help.
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let me get photo and description is :found in northeast Kansas....Leavenworth County....small crystal groupings reddish in tone. Found on limestone deposits and other rock i'm not able to id? Each individual fauceted 'crystal' is very tiny and can be in tiny round balls to large mouned chunks about the size of my thumb print. They stain the lighter rock around them a reddish/orange...they're found on a rock cut out off the side of a hwy....best i can tell in between a layer of slate and limestone? Note:this part of KS was originally under a great sea. Have found some of these attached to pieces of coral and crinoids. pics next.........give me a sec.....
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This is the closest I think I can help you with: [link]
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both said error..unable to connect to mindblat? or something.........i just posted 3 images though of the 'rocks' i was talking about
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Try again, their server hiccupped on me too!!!
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Carla, I think this is getting in over my head...try these guys: [link]
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i took pics of the wall they nest in...and didn't realize till later they were flying all over the freaken place...lol
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We have some bank swallows living up here, by the river near a sand pit operation... I will try this spring and summer to get you some good pic of the birds. in my gallery,last page, "keeping watch", is a male Tree swallow on its nest box... could you use that pic... it's also my icon, the head only.
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for SOME reason....dA isn't allowing me to go back that far without just giving me blank boxes.......hmmmm
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pretty little birds.......
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first time I see a rare bird indeed
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i've been blessed to see lots of rare critters! this was a surprise for sure
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Hey we have these birds in Quebec, Canadaβ¦they made a nest one year in the corner of the brick at my parents house, and the bathroom got infested with bird lice(if you can call it that)! I didn't know they were so rare! I guess we take them for granted!
You picture is really nice I really enjoy the feel to it! I love the fact that he is alone on a branch in the middle of emptiness! Great job!
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lol..u've probably got another variety of swallow...there's 75+ species of swallow i just read.......these guys burrow....which makes them unique.....i actually didn't realize WHAT i'd taken a pic of till after i got home...lol but thanx!
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