Barn Swallow

Description: 6-7" sparrow-sized, Our most familiar swallow, and only one with deeply forked tail, upperparts dark steel-blue, underparts buff, throat and forehead rusty	Habitat: under bridges, barns and other farm buildings, culverts. Common and gregarious. Found worldwide. Often seen flying swiftly over fields, meadows, ponds to catch insects.
Nesting: 4-6 brown-dotted white eggs in a solid cup of mud reinforced with grass, feather lined, placed on rafter or sheltered edge	Range: breeds from Alaska east across Canada, all US, except south tip of Texas, winters in tropics, Eurasia
Voice: constant liquid twittering and chattering	Diet: insects mostly, also berries and seeds

Notes: Follows farmers plowing fields, House Sparrows and phoebes occasionally usurp nests, drink and bathe on wing, after fledging, young return to roost in nest for few days.

When present in Oklahoma: few in winter months, abundant during summer months