California Cliff Swallows on Hidden Wildlife Cam | SciWorx Ornithology

I set up a hidden camera in the Kern National Wildlife Refuge in Kern County, California, near a known Cliff Swallows nesting area. These birds are amazingly vocal!
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The cliff swallow or American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek; Petrochelidon originates from the petros meaning "rock" and khelidon "swallow", pyrrhonota comes from purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" and -notos "-backed".
Cliff swallows are extremely social songbirds that can be found in large nesting colonies reaching over 2,000 nests. They are frequently seen flying overhead in large flocks during migration, gracefully foraging over fields for flying insects or perching tightly together on a wire preening under the sun.
Cliff swallows build gourd-shaped nests made from mud with small entrance holes.They build their nests tightly together, on top of one another, under bridges or alongside mountain cliffs. Living in large populations, these aerial insectivores use extensive vocalizations to communicate warnings or food availability to the other individuals.
Cliff swallows live in a colonial lifestyle during the breeding season, composed of a large number of pairs per nesting site.[2][4][5] This group-style life can present the birds with some benefits and disadvantages; valuable information can be shared through group learning about food location and habitat preferences, but it is also much easier to transmit parasites or diseases when living in close proximity. The cliff swallows have an unusually large parasite community that includes ectoparasites, ticks, fleas and swallow bugs, among others. These parasite infestations have been shown to negatively affect juvenile growth and developmental rates.
Cliff swallows are socially monogamous, one pair will look after each nest, but many occurrences of sexual polygamy have been noted because of the varying genetics throughout the colony and within many individual nests. Both the female and the male cliff swallows will contribute to the colony's genetic variability by performing various actions of brood-parasitism. The cliff swallows have an “aggressive and fearless” personality in comparison to their relatives the barn swallows who were noted as being “timid and fearful”.

[@helpfulliving6394]

Wow that picture is so clear!

[@SciWorx]

Thanks!!!!!

[@GRM42192]

Yeah, clear of what flying rats look like or what are you going to claim that's pleasing nature when over 100 cliff swallows show up around house and neighborhood and call it nature.

[@SciWorx]

@@GRM42192 It must suck for you to be a mammal living on a biologically active planet. There is a guy named Elon Musk that is looking for volunteers to go live on Mars.

[@robertmcdonnold3038]

Well that was different.
That could be used on an endless loop as a restful scenic video.
Thanks
I b y l p
Bob

[@SciWorx]

Here ya go!!!
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[@robertmcdonnold3038]

I'll check it out later. Oh wait, I'm retired. I've got as much to do now as I do later, not much. I'll get right on it. Ow wow, I've got something to do.
Thanks, I b y l p.
Bob

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