Summary .mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:#f8f9fa;padding:5px;font-size:95%;border-spacing:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0;width:100%}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:4px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{background:#ccf;text-align:right;padding-right:0.4em;width:15%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{border-top:0;padding-top:0;margin-top:-8px}@media only screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table.fileinfotpl-type-information{border-spacing:0;padding:0;word-break:break-word;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody{display:block}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:0.2em 0.4em;text-align:left;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 0 100%;width:100%}} Description: This one bank of the Missouri River in North Dakota is loaded with sand martins (aka bank swallows),
Riparia riparia, and their holes in the bank. However, I didn't notice until I uploaded the photos that there is a single cliff swallow,
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, among them. I can't explain it. Is he mistaking them for his own kind? Is he there for the safety in numbers? You'd think he'd be off with some other cliff swallows or something. As for the martins, if you think they're blurry now you should see me trying to get shots of them flitting over the water catching insects. It's impossible, I swear. "Riparia riparia" "sand martin" "bank swallow" "collared sand martin" "European sand martin" "cliff swallow" "Petrochelidon pyrrhonota" swallow swallows martin martins birds Hirundinidae Passeriformes sand bank "river bank" "Missouri River" "North Dakota" ND bird roots cliff edge nesting nests flight flying "motion blur" "The Desert" odd "taxonomy:binomial=Riparia riparia" taxonomy:genus=Riparia "taxonomy:common=sand martin" "taxonomy:common=bank swallow" Petrochelidon Riparia river shore "tree roots" "birds in flight" taxonomy:kingdom=Animalia taxonomy:class=Aves Aves avian feathered animal Animalia. Date: 19 May 2009, 19:43. Source:
Sand Martins..and Guest. Author:
Matt Reinbold from Bismarck, ND, USA. Camera location
46° 39′ 47.07″ N, 100° 44′ 21.81″ W View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 46.663074; -100.739393.
