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Northern rough-winged swallow        Images © Mark A. Chappell

The rough-winged swallow is one of the most subtly-colored of the North American swallows, with a brownish back, a whitish belly, and no striking pattern anywhere.   The pair shown above were hanging around an extremely industrial-looking piece of cyclone fence; they were very confiding but refused to sit on anything else.   The photos were taken at Bolsa Chica wetlands in coastal Orange County, California, or in San Jacinto Wildlife Area near Riverside, California.

  • Canon 1D Mk II, 7D, 1D4, or 7D2; 500mm f4 IS lens plus 1.4X or 2X converter or 800 mm IS lens, fill-in flash on sitting birds (2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017)