Thanks Anne. I can sit for hours watching them skim just above the surface of the pond then swoop up and down doing their aerobatics.
I got another close up this morning so I guess I need to stop complaining how hard they are to capture (photographically speaking). Patience is all that's required. Anyway, thanks for your kind words and thanks to all who commented and looked. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> Sent: June 30, 2013 6/30/13 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: PESO - Barn Swallow Among the Reeds That's a keep, Frank for sure... interesting geometry to add to pretty bird - barn swallows are so sweet and so tame ann On 6/30/2013 12:53, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > I think this a bit sharper than the last barn swallow I showed. > > These guys are harder to catch than tree swallows, they rarely perch when > they're out of their colony (or wherever they live; they seem to have a > communal living area under a wooden lookout structure). Once in a rare while > I'll see one or two of them hanging around among the reeds that almost cover > the entrance to their dwelling: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/barn-swallow-among-reeds.html?m=1 > > As summer progresses those reeds are becoming more profuse and just flying in > and out of their dwelling requires fairly acrobatic maneuvering. > > Apparently they never alight on the ground as their little claws are curved; > their entire lives are spent either perched or flying. > > Your swallow trivia for the day! :-) > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > Cheers, > frank > > "For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and > spontaneity." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
