Ozzie

May 14, 2020 This is a tree swallow I saw at a park near my home in southwestern Ohio. The park has a large pond and is surrounded by fields. It is home to  many swallows, robins, doves, red-winged black birds, and sometimes even a heron. I did not know what kind of swallow this was until I got home and identified it with my Peterson's Field Guide. Learning about the bird groups in this first lesson helped me narrow down the choices. Also on this walk, my dog sniffed out a small, white egg under a shrubby evergreen. The egg was about the size of a large jellybean. Although it appeared to be whole, it was hollow and old. Perhaps it was a swallow's egg.