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Possible Asian House Martin (Main Area)

posted by Lior Kislev, 18.11.2009, 16:52

Shalom

Today at 0630 Or Berghaus and myself where
in Qibutz En Gev Harbor when we saw in
a group of barn swallows a small sized
swallow ,the bird was smaller than House Martin
and flew in a weak way which make me think its
not a House Martin.the bird had short tail with
sahllow fork that we could hardly see the fork.
the rump patch was smaller and dirtier . the underwing
pattern was allsaw diffrent with good contrast
between the dark wing coverts to paler primaries,
allsaw a pale bar was seen between the primaries and
the wing coverts.the throat was dark like i never
saw with house martin. i took some poor record shots.

Lior



























Lior

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• Possible Asian House Martin - Lior Kislev, 18.11.2009, 16:52 (Main Area)