Male Bank swallows dig burrows using their small bill, feet and wings 25 inches deep. Then the female builds a nest out of straw, grasses, leaves or rootlets.
June 27, 2018
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June 27, 2018 4 a.m.
Bank swallows populate area stream banks, bluffs
The skies are full of birds this time of year - swooping and diving as they catch insects for themselves and their hungry babies that fill nests throughout the mountains.