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Index of Subjects Right on Suzanne...I'm glad to see the backlighting isn't a complete hindrance to ID them. Thanks for your descriptions as well. They tell it like it is. Cheers Bernard blburke@ns.sympatico.ca Dartmouth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzanne Borkowski" <suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Name that Swallow > > Hi Bernie; > > No one else has risen to your challenge yet - so, at > the risk of making a complete fool of myself - I'll > venture an answer: > > In your first photo, which shows 4 different swallows > perched on a wire, I would say, from left to right; > > 1) Barn Swallow - the one with the longest tail > 2) Bank Swallow - the tiniest one > 3) Tree Swallow - preening > 4) Cliff Swallow - the one with the light patch on his > forehead. > > How did I do?? > > Cheers; > Suzanne > > > > > > --- Bernard Burke <blburke@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > >> I returned yesterday from a visit to Richmond County >> Cape Breton and while there I had an unexpected >> viewing of all four of our regular Swallow species >> from the same vantage point in both River Bourgeois, >> and L'ardoise, but L'ardoise was by far the better >> spot because they were zipping by me at very close >> range. I figured if I waited long enough, I would be >> able to capture all four species with a photo on a >> wire at the same time, and with a lot of luck I >> would have them right beside each other. It took a >> while but I was able to do it. Although I was >> disappointed somewhat with my photos because of the >> overcast lighting conditions, there is enough >> characteristics seen from these two photos that ID >> is possible and I thought they may be of interest to >> some: >> >> > http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/11/107663000/Medium >> >> > http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/10/107663002/Medium >> >> Cheers >> Bernard Burke >> blburke@ns.sympatico.ca >> Dartmouth > > > > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email > the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at > http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca >
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