(Please see picture gallery below)  The bird of the month for April, Hirundo rustica, is the most widespread swallow in the world. A common spring and fall migrant in Palm Beach County, it is a fairly rare winter bird here. No other North American swallow shows such a deeply forked tail, so if the cobalt blue upperparts and buff-rufous forehead aren’t enough for you (and they can be confused with Cliff and Cave Swallow), a good look at the tail will ID this bird for sure. Come hear more about this interesting winter resident of Palm BeachCounty at our April meeting!( (Photographer’s please note that next month’s May 2013 Bird will be the PURPLE MARTIN)