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Bank Swallow
[Riparia riparia]

[Length 5.25 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This adult Bank Swallow was photographed in the spring at Mannington Marsh in southwestern New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: April 1981)

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Barn Swallow
[Hirundo rustica]

[Length 6.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This Barn Swallow was photographed near Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)

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Barn Swallow
[Hirundo rustica]

[Length 6.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This Barn Swallow was photographed near a nest under the eaves of a building in the Davis Mountains near Fort Davis, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF f2.8 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1993)

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Cave Swallow
[Petrochelidon fulva]

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Cave Swallow in flight was photographed at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1993)

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Cave Swallow
[Petrochelidon fulva]

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Cave Swallow was photographed at Shafter Lake, Andrews, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: October 16, 2008)

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Cave Swallow
[Petrochelidon fulva]

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Cave Swallow was photographed at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1993)

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Cave Swallow
[Petrochelidon fulva]

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

These Cave Swallows, gathering mud for their nests, were photographed at Zapata, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2000)

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Cliff Swallow
[Petrochelidon pyrrhonota]

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 13.5 in.]

The Cliff Swallow breeds throughout all but the southeastern US, and all of Alaska and Canada except the far northern regions. It is one of the most common swallows over the central and western portions of its range, but is declining in the northeast. Cliff Swallows are the famous swallows which "return to Capistrano" each year at the San Juan Capistrano Mission in southern California. This one was photographed approaching its nest site at LaCreek NWR in South Dakota. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)

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