Hamburg Swallows (cont.)

Thought I would start this new thread with 6 in flight pics I took this morning.

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Nice pics adel! #5 is excellent! I sure hope they chose your next boxes.

These are great Adel and I have a new respect for them as I haven't been able to catch one of the Barn Swallows....they are much too fast for me!!

dellrose.......I catch them in the view finder about 20% of the time and somewhere near in focus about %5 of the time. My recycle bin fills up rapidly. It's best if you don't try to follow them with the camera. Get out in front of them and let them fly into the view finder.

This message was edited Apr 11, 2008 1:41 PM

Great tip, adelbertcat. I have a couple of slow red-shouldered hawks that my clumsy fingers can't catch. I envy your action shots!

I will give it a try Adel...the following with the camera sure ain't working! Thanks for the tip!

Thanks Resin

I look forward to watching more on this thread. There were alot of swallows at the lake where I grew up. They are a hoot to watch!

A neighborhood dispute (6 pics) ................Who invited you? (Tree Swallows)

This message was edited Apr 12, 2008 5:39 PM

Hey! get your own house.

What's he doing here?

Get lost you creep.

And don't come back.

I like this house better anyway, so there.

Wonderful shots adel!!!

Nice shots.....lucky for them they don't have to pay rent.

Your best shots yet!!! Way ta go.

Thanks rockminer..............just got back from the coast or I would have answered sooner.

Tree Swallow trying to get warm on a cloudy chilly morning.

This message was edited Apr 16, 2008 8:47 AM

Hey DH check this one out.

OK

Looks fine to me. Can we move in now?

Very nice pics adel! Have any settled in yet?

Pelle I can't tell for sure. It looks like they are still playing musical houses.

Oh for goodness sakes! Well at least their still around; so beautiful!

One nest coming up. (five pics)

oh oh

Houston...............we have a problem.

Let's think about this for a minute.

After several attempts this one worked.

Thats great adel!

She was hard at it again yesterday morning ( wrong sun angle ) so far she's the only one I've seen nest building.

She's learned how to get the material in the hole easier

Thats great adel; keep us posted!