13 Spring Swallow Standoff by Canon Image Challenge

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31-May-2025	Alastair Norcross

13 Spring Swallow Standoff

Westminster, CO

I came across a large apartment block of mud swallow (or cliff swallow) nests on an underpass on my run yesterday, so I returned with my camera. These birds winter in the southern hemisphere, and return to Colorado in the spring to build their nests. I've put a shot showing a bunch of the mud nests in Exhibition

Canon EOS R5 Mark II ,Canon RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
1/4000s f/7.1 at 500.0mm iso1250 full exif

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Canon Image Challenge		06-Jun-2025 11:12
At first I wondered if I was seeing one bird looking at its reflection. A friend was as vigilant about barn swallows as Paul is about dandelions. The birds themselves are great fun to watch and devour flying insects. However, they repeatedly repeatedly committed the transgression of pooping on his car. Dave

Canon Image Challenge		02-Jun-2025 17:32
Thanks Traveller, I was on an embankment, next to the overpass, when I took this shot, so I was pretty much on a level with the nests. The shot in Exhibition was taken from the running path, looking up at the nests. Alastair

Canon Image Challenge		02-Jun-2025 08:28
The perspective seemed so odd to me at first, but now arresting in interest. Traveller

Canon Image Challenge		02-Jun-2025 04:44
A superior capture. A great standoff. Jim

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