With a landscape that is beginning to green a little Barn Swallow takes a break from feeding on newly hatched insects and perches on a wire.
Yes a bird on a wire, but a beautiful bird it is.
With a landscape that is beginning to green a little Barn Swallow takes a break from feeding on newly hatched insects and perches on a wire.
Yes a bird on a wire, but a beautiful bird it is.
nature has no boss 
Beautiful bird he is! I adore swallows, their flight is so acrobatic and graceful.
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Hi and happy Tuesday. They are indeed miraculous in flight.
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Still waiting for these to return to our area. Great photo. Great flyer.
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HI Jim, yes a great flyer and not an easy photo capture in flight and I have spent plenty of time trying. Makes your head sling trying to follow them with a camera.
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Great capture!
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Thanks, hop your having a fine day.
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What a pretty costume he is wearing!
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I saw my first one of the season yesterday, but my photo was not nearly as gorgeous as yours. I wonder what it is up to today, after all this snow?!
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HI Tanja, April showers for sure today although our snow is melting almost as fast as it came down. I bet these little guys are hunkered down in some spruce tree somewhere keeping out of the weather to clear and given it is Colorado tomorrow will likely be a bluebird day.
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You were right about a bluebird day today.
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and today as well…at least so far.
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Another great photograph!
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Thanks, now to get one in flight. Hope your day is going well.
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Barn swallows are also weather forecasters.. Years ago living on a cattle ranch, I saw 20 or so of them crowd onto an outdoor nesting perch tucked up in a corner on the lee side of the house. Within an hour or so a blizzard blew in that raged for more than a day. They all sat squished together but out of harm’s way. Feisty little feather balls. 🙂
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Hi Sally, I know what you are talking about. A year or two ago up in Walden, CO we saw probably 40-50 all bunched together with feathers puffed way out on a very windy un-springlike spring day. Hope you have had a great day and thanks for the feedback as we appreciate your sharing your stories with these little birds.
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Forty to 50? What a sight that much have been! We’ve moved further into the boreal forest so barn swallows are not as common here. Tree swallows and mountain bluebirds now fill that role. 🙂
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It is wonderful how each little ecosystem has it’s won special character and group of characters.
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🙂
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🙂
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One of my much loved birds, and what a lovely photo. Just two days ago sitting outside at the cafe we noticed that our swallows have just arrived. Always a lovely moment!
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Hi Jude it is always nice to see those things that help us keep the seasons in order beyond the calendar on the wall and the return of birds is one of those. Have a wonderful weekend.
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Thanks Mike!🙂
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Your welcome.
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