Barn Swallow At Roche Harbor WA

I grabbed Bob's camera this morning for my walk. Caught a barn swallow preening on a piling...so beautiful in the morning sunshine!! I had to blip this.
Here are some interesting facts from the Cornell Bird Site about barn swallows:

Cool Facts
?The Barn Swallow is the most abundant and widely distributed swallow species in the world. It breeds throughout the Northern Hemisphere and winters in much of the Southern Hemisphere.

?Barn Swallows once nested in caves throughout North America, but now build their nests almost exclusively on human-made structures. Today the only North American Barn Swallow population that still regularly uses caves as nest sites occurs in the Channel Islands off the California coast.

?Barn Swallow parents sometimes get help from other birds to feed their young. These "helpers at the nest" are usually older siblings from previous clutches, but unrelated juveniles may help as well.

?An unmated male Barn Swallow may kill the nestlings of a nesting pair. His actions often succeed in breaking up the pair and afford him the opportunity to mate with the female.

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