Color and overall shape indicate Violet-green Swallow. Joey Kellner Littleton, Colorado
On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 1:02:14 PM UTC-6, Jeff Parks wrote: > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z6gshlfHf20/V2L3jTvOL1I/AAAAAAAAABE/iKjyBvO4DGYBxLxRmaoMLNzwVdTzdSP6gCLcB/s1600/Purple%2Bmartin%2B2.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eyyjL9tKmPI/V2L3mNtFq2I/AAAAAAAAABM/zrUUo3fgOTMrpL0ZIQvdmcKys_cjddkuwCLcB/s1600/Purple%2Bmartin%2B3.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v9iz9zKmwQI/V2L3hiyT55I/AAAAAAAAAA8/Mtj5OhyiDPMKgcbqDhm5s5_N3_-IFV2jQCLcB/s1600/Purple%2Bmartin%2B1.jpg> > Hello all - > > I was birding in the Shanahan Ridge area outside of Boulder yesterday, and > saw what I thought were swallows flitting around. While I was watching > another bird, a couple of these birds landed on a dead tree nearby, and I > took a quick look at them. They didn't look like tree swallows, although > they were dark blue on the back. I pulled out my camera and tried to get a > few pictures of them while they were still there, and managed to get some, > although they are not very good. After looking at them on the computer, I > am wondering if they are Purple Martins? I have attached a few pictures > which show them from different angles. I would appreciate any feedback as > to what bird this is. > > PS -- since the pictures were not as good as I would have hoped, I went > back this morning to see if I could get better ones, but I was not able to > find them again. > > Jeff Parks > Boulder, CO > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/2492352a-79a5-43e2-81c7-8bd899ac8770%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
