Hoping for a Bank Swallow, but maybe a Northern Rough-winged Swallow.
Thanks for your help!
I don't really keep track of a life list, but I've never seen this one in my life before :)
It appears to have been in this location for most of the day (first sighted on 4/1/24), so I'm hoping nothing is wrong with it. Looks healthy enough, though! A lovely bird :)
Flew overhead, didn't get a good look at the face/head. I believe it has a meadowlark in its talons
The wind is just causing the little dark spot under its head, almost like it has a collar :)
For a moment, this Sharpie perched in the same snag as a Red-tailed Hawk (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186220411). See last photo in this series for size comparison and behavior. Pretty interesting to see the RTH not even flinch, but the size difference is most definitely great between the two!
The first photo of this series is where it actually ended up after flying out of the snag with the RTH.
Doing bear things by foraging in the shrubs on the side of the road :)
It's been some time that I've seen one of these. But it's vocalization was unmistakable (loud and forceful), so I rushed over to find it before it flew away completely.
The only reason I know this is a female is because it was on bottom (see next photo).
Also, here's a video of them procreating:
https://www.facebook.com/JaredManninen/videos/779689946940338
The mate:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166238829