Funny Barn Swallows

Barn Swallows are certainly interesting characters. Sometimes they are funny, sometimes serious and sometimes they are fighting viciously. 

 

A young swallow is asking for food and will continue for some time. 

Generally, life is good.

Walk in the Swamp

Seeing a Great Egret is always exciting but when it's walking in the dense swamp and the swamp sedges are part of the frame, the excitement turns to disappointment.

Later I realized that the situation actually was not that bad.  I shoot through the sedges and was hoping that they would create blur and fog. To my surprise, I liked the resulting images; they came out mysterious.

Generally, life is good.

Flying Low

 

Usually, when birds fly low, it's a sign of rain, but in this case the Snowy Egret simply was flying by and looking for a fishing spot.

Generally, life is good.

Disheveled Beauty in the Marsh

 

Friday evening the sky was clear with only a few clouds and I headed out to spend a few hours on the Bear River MBR with hope of getting a chance to create some bird silhouettes.  

Unfortunately, this didn't happen, but I managed a few decent backlit photos of Snowy Egret. The egret at one point looked spectacular with his disheveled standing up hair.

The Egret was kind enough to show me his disheveled appearance, which I loved seeing so much and then he took off and flew away.

Generally, life is good.