The Barn Swallows were busy swirling and whirling in typical swallow fashion hunting for an early season hatch of bugs present in the air above a small lake. Photographing them in flight is always quite the challenge. Luckily for us this guy decided to settle down for a quick rest and landed on a section of barbed wire fence close to us. He stayed there for just a moment making for a relaxed and restful photograph of a bird that seems to be in otherwise constant motion. Near Walden, CO.
nature has no boss 
Lovely picture. Such an attractive bird!
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Thanks and thanks for the feedback. They are indeed beauties and it is almost impossible to see just how beautiful when they are buzzing about. Hope your day is going well.
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What a beauty!
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Thanks Diana.
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Beautiful shot! They are hard enough just to keep in binocular view, more less camera! Nice that it landed. Such pretty birds. I love all swallows.
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Hi hope your well and having a great week. It was indeed a treat to have one of these guys settle down close enough to get a nice portrait.
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It’s so darling! Great shot. 🙂
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Thanks Laura.
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We all seek those classic shots of birds in natural flight, but as you said the Swallows are almost always in constant motion. Congrats on a very rare shot of one at rest, a very difficult shot to capture!
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Thanks for the compliments and taking your time to leave a little feedback. We appreciate it. It is always an exercise in pushing the delete key when going through birds in flight photos especially swallows so it was nice to collect a little still portrait of these beautiful Barn Swallows. Have a great day and thanks again.
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Wonderful photograph!
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Thanks Belinda.
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Wow 🙂
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Thanks, hope your day is going well.
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These are such beautiful little birds. Beautiful in flight and beautiful in their still moments. Good catch.
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Thanks, swallows are indeed beautiful and and that is so hard to notice when they are flying. I am glad they do settle down every now and again. Hope your day is going well.
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Perfect shot! I am rather envious – I love swallows and can’t wait for them to return, which should be soon I hope.
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Hi Eliza, I hope the swallows return to you soon as well. It is fun to have them flying around. Hope your day is going well.
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Yes, it is. It is a stunningly sunny day. 🙂
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Hope spring is here to stay for you. We might get winter again this weekend.
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Oh, dear. Sorry to hear that. We might hit 70 tomorrow and Sunday. Pretty psyched about that!
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Lovely pic. Have you ever managed to capture one in flight? You mention it is a challenge and I agree…I once spent a good half hour surrounded by them zooming around me and came away with almost nothing,
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Hi and thanks. We have had several occasions to be surrounded by swallows buzzing about and one time we did a good photo
I think the key was to catch them flying head on. Hope your day is going well and wishing you a great weekend.
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Wow! That photo of them in flight is fabulous! Thanks for this. Have a great weekend yourself too!
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Wow, your animal images are absolutely breathtaking!
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Thanks.
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WOW! What a beautiful picture!
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Thanks, We appreciate your feedback and taking time to leave us your thoughts. Hope your week is going well.
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