Chimney swift.Normally swifts zip past our tower at high speeds and zig-zag off into the blue, leaving me with a dozen images of nothing but sky. If you've ever tried to photograph a chimney swift, you know what I'm talking about.
But this chimney swift and his two traveling companions made to slow circles of our birding tower, probably checking it and our chimney out as possible nest sites. After their first slow circumnavigation, I realized what was going on and grabbed the camera. This was the only shot I got that had a sizable bird in the frame.
Here it is cropped slightly.
For the first time in my bird photo life, I was as swift as a swift.
7 comments:
Wow! Nice pic! It's really hard to shoot flying birds (with a camera!). I try to stick to perched subjects!
-Jackie
Congrats! These guys and swallows, martins, etc. are so difficult to capture!
Bill,
Awesome photos. Here is something you might find interesting: http://snakeadventures.blogspot.com/ Will you add this to your bloglist?
Thanks,
Robby
You the man!
I gave up on Swallows and Swifts, they make me dizzy...
Very nice images. I've tried repeatedly with our owl local Vaux's Swifts but not with results anywhere near as good as yours shown here.
Now that's impressive!
Oh, yes! Now that's a bird I believe may be the last one I'll ever capture in flight - and it should look so good. Great job, Bill!
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