Dead swalow- Longmont

[David Hyde]

Walking along the edge of Lake McIntosh in Longmont just now I spotted hundreds of different swallows on the ground and in the air. And I found this dead one, which I think is a Violet-green swallow. It was just lying on the ground, sill warm and bright eyed. I brought it home. My question is, is there anyone who wants a dead swallow or what should I do with it? -- Dave Hyde/Longmont

[David Hyde]

Thank you all for what to do with this swallow. i shall freeze it and note details and take it to Emily Braker at the UC Boulder Museum. This is closer to me than Denver. An interesting thing about this dead Violet-green swallow is that there were (are) hundreds of Barn Swallows and Cliff swallows, a few Tree swallows around the lake and NO Violet-green swallows except this dead and still warm one which was on the grass near the monument on the south side of Lake McIntosh. And I never see VG swallows on this lake before... Last year I found a dead Raven closeby this spot and it, too, was still warm and in perfect condition. I wasn't able to keep it (I've been warned by my fam before about keeping dead birds in the fridge...), but that's two perfectly healthy looking birds just falling out of the sky! Thanks again - Dave/Longmont

    Here's a photo of the swallow on the Lake McIntosh monument:

On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM Charlie Chase <charles...@gmail.com> wrote:

I sent him a personal message already-- thanks for forwarding this.  Had him contact DNMH Zoology Dept.

Cheers

C

On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 12:10 PM Susan Rosine <u5b2...@gmail.com> wrote:

I've copied Charlie Chase on this. He may know of a place that will take it.

Susan Rosine 

On Tue, May 19, 2026, 10:43 AM David Hyde <davidh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Walking along the edge of Lake McIntosh in Longmont just now I spotted hundreds of different swallows on the ground and in the air. And I found this dead one, which I think is a Violet-green swallow. It was just lying on the ground, sill warm and bright eyed. I brought it home. My question is, is there anyone who wants a dead swallow or what should I do with it? -- Dave Hyde/Longmont

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[Pauli Driver-Smith]

I've only seen one Violet-green swallow here in Highlandlake and that was several years ago. It also appeared to just fall out of the sky - dead. They are such beautiful birds.

I haven't seen any swallows of any kind here this year. It is strange, we live on a lake and there are plenty of nesting areas that they have come back to year after year. I wonder what happened to them?

Pauli Smith

Highlandlake/Mead, Weld, CO

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