Richard Rathe on Nostr: "The Barn Swallow is the most abundant and widely distributed swallow species in the ...

"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."

"Although the killing of egrets is often cited for inspiring the U.S. conservation movement, it was the millinery (hat-making) trade’s impact on Barn Swallows that prompted naturalist George Bird Grinnell’s 1886 Forest & Stream editorial decrying the waste of bird life. His essay led to the founding of the first Audubon Society."

In the #Midwest #USA we mostly see them around small bridges over water.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Swallow

#Birds #Swallows #BarnSwallows