Barn Swallows

We have some barn swallows nesting near are house. Barn swallows are a threatened species in Manitoba but still quite common. We saw eggs in the nest. Barn Swallows have distinctive forked tails and when they are sitting it looks like two long strings.

Barn Swallow Eggs

Barn Swallow Nest

Barn Swallow

Common Nighthawk

Since Common Nighthawk are a rare species in Manitoba it was really cool and exiting when we saw one about a week ago. We actually saw it three times flying over and once it landed in a nearby tree. The first time I wasn't sure what it was, though I thought it was a nighthawk or something. When I looked in the bird book I immediately knew that it was a Common Nighthawk. Common Nighthawks have two distinctive white bars under its wing and a nasal peent call.