Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Tree Swallows are common throughout North Carolina during migration. They also breed in the Mountain region and in dead trees in the large man-made lakes in the Piedmont. In the lower Coastal Plain there may be large flocks in winter.

Alleghany Co., NC 4/15/06.

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Alleghany Co., NC 4/15/06.

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