Other assorted birds

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Purple Martin Gathering Mud For Nesting

I thought I was seeing barn or cliff swallows gathering mud on the spillway but it turned out to be Purple Martins. It was my first time to see them getting mud for nesting. This female paused long enough for me to get a shot. There were about 10 of them and they would swoop down, scoop up some mud and swoop off before I could focus on them.
Female Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Progne subis swallows social birds white rock lake dallas texas sociable gregarious female purple martin purple martin spillway nesting nesting season nesting material mud gathering mud breeding season