Friday, July 3, 2009

Backyard Barn Swallows

There have been Barn Swallows zooming around our backyard and doing figure eights around the houses in my neighborhood for the past week or so at least. Yesterday after coming home from doing some errands I finally got the chance to photograph them.
Unfortunately I couldn't get pictures much better than these since those swallows are fast and it was cloudy and rainy out. I had fun standing in the middle of my backyard watching them swoop by me, several times within a few feet. When that happened, I didn't try to photograph them (after the first couple of failed attempts, anyway), just enjoyed observing them.

7 comments:

A New England Life said...

Barn Swallows are not easy to photograph in flight so you did a nice job! Isn't it so wonderful watching them zoom all around you? Awesome!

Sharon

The Early Birder said...

Well done Amanda. I had a similar experience sitting on the grass whilst away last week but didn't even attempt a photo.

dAwN said...

hey...good job..I think my screen would be blank..LOL
did u see the henslows?????

birdsonthebrain said...

Dawn-
not yet, I'm headed out to Rochester to visit some friends tomorrow, so I'm planning on stopping to try to see it on the way there, save some time and gas and whatnot. Crossing my fingers that it's still hanging around when I finally get my tush out there.

Jochen said...

The best of luck with the Henslow's.
I was fortunate enough to see them twice while I was in Michigan and they are surprisingly beautiful. I also think their song is cool.

And those Barn Swallow pics are very nice.

AMIT said...

Superb and Excellent pictures from you of this birds.

Alternative energy

forestal said...

Nice pictures. I never seem to get as good in flight pics as yours - even if it was cloudy

Post a Comment