hirundo rustica

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster)

Won't be long now before they start to turn up.

Barn Swallow Glistening cobalt blue above and tawny below

Barn Swallow

i am very unlucky with these beauties, many where around the city the past two months this is the best i could get, no flight shots at all. hope you like it.

One of my favourite birds, The Barn Swallow taken at RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk, U.K

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica subsp. erythrogaster) Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Chambers County, Texas, USA. Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area. Boardwalk through coastal prairie at ca. 1 m (3.3 ft) elevation.

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica subsp. erythrogaster) Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Chambers County, Texas, USA. Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area. Near the Willows.

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica subsp. erythrogaster) Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Chambers County, Texas, USA. Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area. Shoveler pond.

A familiar sight at Minsmere in Summer, possibly the most photographed signpost in the county

Up close and personal, same bird and signpost

A Barn Swallow on a signpost at Minsmere

Bathing, I think

Taking a rest

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica subsp. erythrogaster) Gathering mud for nest building. West side of Belton, Bell County, Texas, USA. Blackland Prairies Vegeational Area. Small puddle at margin of a pasture at ca. 220 m (722 ft). elevation.

My wife has been ill so I have gone though my old photos to see what I can use. I completely forgot about these swallows. There were a bunch perched on the railings of some boats along Mill Creek in Annapolis.

My wife has been ill so I have gone though my old photos to see what I can use. I completely forgot about these swallows. There were a bunch perched on the railings of some boats along Mill Creek in Annapolis.