Two barn swallows flying. Above, parent. Below, bedraggled-looking fledgling.

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   Carl T. Bergstrom (ct_bergstrom@fediscience.org)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 13:33:02 JST Carl T. Bergstrom

   This was amazing to see.

   The barn swallow parent (above) had apparently had it with its lazy fledgling (below), and literally dragged it from the nest and dropped it into the sky over the water. Fortunately, the nestling could indeed fly, and just hadn't wanted to.