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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: cosmo3667 on April 29, 2015, 05:47:51 PM

Title: Barn Swallows East Point Bird Sanctuary
Post by: cosmo3667 on April 29, 2015, 05:47:51 PM

A trip to  East Point on Monday proved successful, the midges were out in full force as were the Barn Swallows flying about in the hundreds in a feeding frenzy. Tired of all the flying they would occasionally rest in groups while equal amounts of birds remained in the skies above.

(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/Barn%20Swallows%20%205_zpsyjp4r96z.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/Barn%20Swallows%20%205_zpsyjp4r96z.jpg.html)

(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/Barn%20Swallows%20%204_zpsyfvctkde.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/Barn%20Swallows%20%204_zpsyfvctkde.jpg.html)

(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/Barn%20Swallows%20%203_zpsy7cz0wid.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/Barn%20Swallows%20%203_zpsy7cz0wid.jpg.html)

(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/Barn%20Swallows%20%2010_zpsrlpklrhl.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/Barn%20Swallows%20%2010_zpsrlpklrhl.jpg.html)

(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t643/arvopi/Barn%20Swallows%20%2011_zpswvglsoo6.jpg) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/arvopi/media/Barn%20Swallows%20%2011_zpswvglsoo6.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Barn Swallows East Point Bird Sanctuary
Post by: Dinusaur on April 29, 2015, 11:06:31 PM

What a sight - beautiful composition.

Title: Re: Barn Swallows East Point Bird Sanctuary
Post by: thouc on April 30, 2015, 09:12:17 AM

Interesting to see the variation in the amount of rust colour underneath. Could the lighter coloured ones be younger birds, as juveniles are white underneath?

/Thomas

Title: Re: Barn Swallows East Point Bird Sanctuary
Post by: BetCrooks on April 30, 2015, 12:29:04 PM

I think in general the females are lighter underneath but there's a lot of variation.

Title: Re: Barn Swallows East Point Bird Sanctuary
Post by: Rotarran on April 30, 2015, 03:09:09 PM

Hey that looks like a nice community ;)

Title: Re: Barn Swallows East Point Bird Sanctuary
Post by: mc on April 30, 2015, 06:30:30 PM

cosmo

these are fantastic pics........when i was there on tuesday, all we saw were red-winged blackbirds....

Title: Re: Barn Swallows East Point Bird Sanctuary
Post by: cosmo3667 on April 30, 2015, 08:32:05 PM

maybe it was the millions of midges that were out that day