"Cuddled Up"

White-breasted woodswallows cuddled up together on a cold, windy

day!

The White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus) is a small passerine bird which breeds from the Andaman Islands east through Indonesia and northern Australia. I took this photo in Featherdale Park, Sydney.  The name "woodswallow" is a misnomer as they are not closely related to true swallows. Instead, they belong to the family Artamidae, which also includes butcherbirds, currawongs and the Australian Magpie.   The white-breasted Woodswallow has large, pointed wings - very agile in powered and gliding flight. Interesting to observe them catching insects in their wings! 

I took this shot on a cold, rainy day - which brings out another typical characteristic of these birds:  they cuddle together tightly leaving no space between!

It is a very beautiful image. It looks like siblings in disagreement who still would stay together.

I really like this picture. It makes me smile ;-)

Thank you for sharing it.