i had been thinking to myself: "do not try and take pictures of the flying swallows, it never turns out well. they're too fast and i am tired and hot and ready to leave"

so of course this guy has to go and land right in front of me in a low tree.

i basically just held down the shutter for 10 minutes straight while they hung out for a while. they did a little preening, a little yelling, and by that point i was ready to go sit down so i had to say goodbye to my new tree swallow friend.

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