welcome swallow

Welcome Swallows

Welcome Swallow

lots of these about these summer days

This one turned up a couple of weeks ago and sat on a post out near the ramp. I was going outside to see if I could get a better shot of the Rainbow Lorikeets that were at the feeder, needless to say I stayed with the Welcome Swallow as they are very rare visitors here. Hope you enjoy!

We walked along the path until we could see a bit out over the water. Saw this Welcome Swallow on a snag, unfortunately I couldn't do much about the direction of light.

.... babies? We left the hide and followed the path to the shore, and there, on an old fence post sat these two adorable Welcome Swallow fledglings!! Adorable!

... and there in the reeds, waiting patiently for mum or dad to arrive with some food, was this sweet wee Welcome Swallow, obviously not too long out of the nest. On the surface they do look rather like our Barn Swallows, but these guys lack the black band under the red throat.

I'd was walking up to the car park area (to gain access to the weir... more of which later), when I saw these two Welcome Swallows land on a wire more-or-less over my head.

.... was a Welcome Swallow sitting on one of the bollards as we were docking. Then we had a nice lunch in their cafe before setting off exploring again.

Out on a dead branch over one of the lakes sat this rather pretty Welcome Swallow

I then got myself some practise with flying swallows, there were plenty about collecting mud for their nests. This show I was quite pleased with though as I'd got three pretty well focused birds, and some nice colour on one of them.

Was trying to get a swallow in flight for a while. This time with a little bit of luck!

As I hiked back to the where I'd parked my car, alongside Hagley Park, I passed some Welcome Swallows hunting over a meadow. Now and then they would land on some fence posts there - never on the one closest to where I stood, obviously, but I think this was the best Welcome Swallow shot I got on...

The cutting room floor is pretty deep with disgarded shots of these.

Welcome Swallow near Bundaberg Queensland Australia.

Seems to me Swallow day!!!

They are also common in NZ.

We have a family that tends to visit the backyard for an hour or so in the late afternoon. The youngsters nap on the washing line waiting for mum to bring some food. There were 6 on the line today. My routine for the past few days is , get home from work, disentangle whatever blackbird that is...