Cliff Swallow at mud nest,

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Mono Lake, CA 2003

These swallows had built a nest colony on the back side of the visitor center at Mono Lake. The adults catch flying insects and shuttle the food back to the young fledgelings inside the nests.

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