Cliff Swallows, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, are garrulous, squeaky, clanky, just all-around awesome little birds. Highly social birds that often live in massive colonies, they nest in cracks and crevices in cliff walls --  hence their name -- making their homes out of mud and sticky spit. Yum.

Often "singing" from the entrance of their home, close recording is extremely difficult. This short collection were captured with a parabolic, isolated, and processed clean for sound effects' use.

Learn more at All About Birds; https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/cliff_swallow

Image Credit: "667 - CLIFF SWALLOW (6-25-2016) denali highway, mile p13 pass, near paxson, alaska -02" by Sloalan is marked under CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/cc0/1.0/

Cliff Swallow Nest Chatter and Song

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Cliff Swallow Nest Chatter and Song

Andy Martin, Field Recordist