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Published: 2010-05-15 16:40:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 56; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 0
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Description I've been tying to experiment in bird photography. This is one of the results.

I was watching a pair of tree swallows and they were in the process of building a nest. So not only was the male collecting grasses and twigs, but he was also diving at me on occassion just to let me know who was boss.

Slate Run Wetlands and Wildlife Reserve, Ohio. April 2010



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Comments: 6

AlfaWF [2017-11-30 13:45:23 +0000 UTC]

Is it European or African swallow?

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snowball026 [2010-05-17 02:41:58 +0000 UTC]

wow it must have been hard to get this pic! awesome!

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CosmicTurtle In reply to snowball026 [2010-05-17 23:12:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! And it just took some patience, a bunch of learning as I went, and of course a boatload of luck. It's one of about 300 that didn't turn out quite as well

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snowball026 In reply to CosmicTurtle [2010-05-20 01:45:00 +0000 UTC]

yea i bet! i dont think i could've had that much patience!

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CosmicTurtle In reply to snowball026 [2010-05-20 23:08:43 +0000 UTC]

Haha! Well, a little seceret? When I know I'm going to be out shooting something that'll take a bunch of time and patience? I bring my iPod with me and put just one earplug in. That way I can keep track of my surroundings (and the birds) but I also get a little entertainment during the more dull moments

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snowball026 In reply to CosmicTurtle [2010-05-21 02:27:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow, yea that would be a really good idea! thanks i
will have to try that sometime!!

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