Tree Swallow Forcible Copulation by a male

While tree swallow copulation usually takes place in the open with a female perched and a male flying down to land on her back to copulate, males also sometimes attempt to forcibly copulate with females inside nest cavities.
Video From Francois Paquette of QC. Editing by Chris Gates of NY.
For more on tree swallow mating behavior see:
treeswallowprojects.com/cmating.html

[@Martinelolo]

Bravo Merveilleux! Merci!

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The above video was taken by Francois Paquette of QC, and edited by Chris Gates of NY. For more information regarding Tree Swallows see: treeswallowprojects.com/ and treeswallowprojects.com/files/OneSeason.pdf

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Isn't that a nice word, force able copulation. Rape in the bird world!