{"id":34409,"date":"2025-04-11T19:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T02:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=34409"},"modified":"2025-04-11T19:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T02:18:21","slug":"violet-green-swallows-mating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=34409","title":{"rendered":"Violet-green Swallows mating"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have had little success in photographing the Violet-green Swallow, a western bird that comes here from Mexico in the breeding season. But they are rather fast flyers. Last weekend when they first arrived I watched some courting, but alas, after many shots, my pictures were just poor. So, to show one flying, I have resorted to an older picture.<\/p>\n

And what is the occasion that prompted this? After a short session this morning, I came home with many bad pictures, but one lucky one: Violet-green Swallows mating midair.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here is a Violet-green Swallow flying from three years ago.
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Here are a couple of Violet-green Swallows mating. Although they are in front of a shed where they have decided to nest, they are mating midair and in free fall in front of the wall. This emphasizes two things: they sometimes mate in flight; mating is very brief. \"\"<\/p>\n

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