Rusty Swallow

I’ve had a seriously busy week but managed to get away for a couple of quick photoshoots.

 

Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
1/1250, f/8.0, ISO 800

 

This Welcome Swallow image is my favourite from this week’s photoshoots, I took it this morning after a lovely friend spotted a pair of swallows occasionally perching at the edge of a large pond at the Cranbourne Royal Botanic Gardens. The rusty perch means that I won’t be able to use the image in formal nature competitions but I like the way it highlights the bird’s rusty looking feathers. The blues are also exquisite and I especially like the soft colours on the wings and the fluffy, wind-blown underbelly feathers.

Welcome Swallows are 15cm and 15g, and well-known across most of Australia. They are acrobatic flyers that are mesmerising to watch as they swoop and soar to catch insects in flight.

I was really moved by the kind comments here, on Facebook and in emails following last week’s AGNPOTY post – thank you.

Happy birding

Kim

 

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