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p.1 #1 · Kinky Tree swallows

On a lovely day in the marsh at the Marine Nature Study area in Oceanside, New York, I found this pair of Tree swallows that were busy catching insects and bringing them to there nest. They did more than just that!

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

1) The female arrives and the male yells at her

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2) She gives him a confused look as he continues yelling at her

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3) He takes to the air

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4) As she watches

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5) Then she joins him in the air

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6) They both dove low and as I caught up it's sex in the air

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7) He has her tail

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8) They have a tug of war

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p.1 #2 · Kinky Tree swallows

Continuing...

9) She starts to fly

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10) That doze not work so well

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11) She breaks free

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12) They both take to the air

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13) He takes the lead and wizzes past me

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p.1 #3 · Kinky Tree swallows

Outstanding Morris, as always.

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p.1 #4 · Kinky Tree swallows

Wow... outstanding series, Morris!
Sreedhar

Apr 18, 2026 at 08:49 PM

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p.1 #5 · Kinky Tree swallows

LostLensCap wrote:
Outstanding Morris, as always.

Thank you Tom

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guywithgas wrote:
Wow... outstanding series, Morris!
Sreedhar

Thank you Sreedhar

Morris

Apr 19, 2026 at 06:53 AM

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p.1 #6 · Kinky Tree swallows

You caught some nice action and poses Morris. The males are stunning in the right light.

John

Apr 19, 2026 at 09:37 AM

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p.1 #7 · Kinky Tree swallows

Standard stuff for you Morris, just great to me

Apr 19, 2026 at 09:39 AM

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p.1 #8 · Kinky Tree swallows

johnohio wrote:
You caught some nice action and poses Morris. The males are stunning in the right light.

John

Thank you John,

There were light clouds when I took these so the blues could be more intense

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ctgoldwing wrote:
Standard stuff for you Morris, just great to me

, Thank you,

Morris

Apr 19, 2026 at 03:29 PM


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