Masonboro Barn Swallows
On a beautiful breezy April day about 40 barn swallows (who also have unique purple martin coloring) flew figure eights just overhead at speeds up to 60mph devouring flying bugs. After about 10 minutes of watching them speed around, I looked to my left and a pair of friendly red robins that are usually doing their hunting and pecking routine, were stopped and gazing up as well. Then, I looked further down by the water, where about 12 wild Canada Geese would have normally been eating grass and they too were all at attention staring – just staring at the amazing torpedo-like speed of these new arrivals. Notice when you click on the image above, the other shot shows one swallow hitting the breaks (so to speak) in mid-air to avoid a collision with his/her compadre. (note: I took over 100 pictures with not a bird in a frame, but gleaned a small series).
Photos taken in a series April 16, 2007 with Canon G7.
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Aerial acrobatics at its best! Seeing the different
positions of the wings on all three photos is so interesting.