14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Tree swallow in early morning sunlight
Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, rests on wooden post near the gate to Wildlife Drive at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, early in the morning before the gates were opened to allow visitors in, with the warm light of sunrise highlighting the bird's iridescent blue-green feathers.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 06.2016 |
| Date Uploaded: | 07.2016 |
| Photo Location: | Oak Harbor, Ohio, Ohio, United States of America |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 7D Mark II |
| Copyright: | © Alessandra Ashley |