Lesser-striped:
Swallows, Martins, Saw-wings (Family Hirundinidae)
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Peter Connan
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Lisbeth
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Re: Swallows - Bird of the Month February 2015
They are so difficult to catch 
I have one pic, where they are sitting in a tree....I think 
I have one pic, where they are sitting in a tree....I think "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela
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Re: Swallows - Bird of the Month February 2015
The only swallows that I have - White-throated swallows
- White-throated swallows"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela
The desire for equality must never exceed the demands of knowledge
The desire for equality must never exceed the demands of knowledge
Re: Swallows - Bird of the Month February 2015
great pictures, Peter, Duke and Lis 
10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
Re: Swallows - Bird of the Month February 2015
In Germany I saw the barn swallows mostly in flight and when they finally perched, a car chased them away
10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
Re: Swallows - Bird of the Month February 2015
wire-tailed swallow
12-14 cm; 10-15 g; a tiny blue-backed swallow with a chestnut crown and white underparts. Long, very thin tail streamers often difficult to see. Appreciably smaller than white-throated swallow, with only a partial breast band; entire crown (not just forehead) rufous, and longer, narrower tail streamers. Flight extremely rapid. Juv is less glossy blue above, with a brown crown; underparts washed buff. (SASOL)
Lake Panic, KNP
12-14 cm; 10-15 g; a tiny blue-backed swallow with a chestnut crown and white underparts. Long, very thin tail streamers often difficult to see. Appreciably smaller than white-throated swallow, with only a partial breast band; entire crown (not just forehead) rufous, and longer, narrower tail streamers. Flight extremely rapid. Juv is less glossy blue above, with a brown crown; underparts washed buff. (SASOL)
Lake Panic, KNP
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10.03. - 24.03.2015 From Berg to bush
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
19.11. - 01.12.2015 KTP
Re: Swallows - Bird of the Month February 2015
Wire-tailed Swallow
This species is widesprad in most of sub-saharan Africa and is also common in Asia; in Southern Africa, it occurs in Eastern KwaZula-Natal, Mozambique, Gauteng, Zimbabwe, Northern Botswana and in the Caprivi.
This one is from Sunset Dam, Kruger National Park.
This species is widesprad in most of sub-saharan Africa and is also common in Asia; in Southern Africa, it occurs in Eastern KwaZula-Natal, Mozambique, Gauteng, Zimbabwe, Northern Botswana and in the Caprivi.
This one is from Sunset Dam, Kruger National Park.