Swallows at Sea

I had to go over to Chichester today, and made a brief diversion to the Marina. I stopped briefly at the bird hide, but the sun was against me at that time of day. The boats – or rather, one boat in particular – proved a rather better option. A small group of young swallows were perched along the rail of one of the yachts waiting to be fed. The pictures speak for themselves…

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A few more shots are in the Swallows album.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.

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  1. CedarFox

    9 Jul 2009

    They've got quite the mouths :eyes:

    Great series :up:

  2. Dudley

    9 Jul 2009

    EXCELLENT!

  3. gdare

    9 Jul 2009

    The look a bird gave you in the last shot is amazing. That and the second one where they shout at you "FEED US" 😀

  4. Words

    9 Jul 2009

    Andy, thanks!

  5. Words

    9 Jul 2009

    Darko, thanks. Each time the adult arrived it was there just a few seconds so I just kept aiming at the young ones and hoped the adult would fly in focus.

  6. Words

    9 Jul 2009

    Eric, don't they just!

  7. Flying Red Fox Blog

    9 Jul 2009

    Awwww :heart: very good :yes: Hope you had fun in Chichester, i was doing an 8 hour shift, much rather be editing posts on my blog but oh well lol.

  8. Words

    9 Jul 2009

    Mark, thanks! For the rest of the day it was all work so I didn't get to see anything else, but these little guys more than made up for that.

  9. AgnetaM

    9 Jul 2009

    Absolutely fantastic serie of pics!! Impressive! Congrats!:yes:

  10. Words

    9 Jul 2009

    Agneta, thanks. I was really happy to get these 😀

  11. AgnetaM

    10 Jul 2009

    I can understand that!!! And you are good!:D

  12. SittingFox

    10 Jul 2009

    The pictures speak for themselves…

    Originally posted by swallows:

    FEED ME! RIGHT NOW!!

  13. Words

    10 Jul 2009

    LOL! Yes that was the one and only thought in the youngsters' heads. Problem was the adult could only feed one at a time and tended to ignore the one on the far end. A real pecking order.

  14. Words

    12 Jul 2009

    Thanks Ivee! Yes, it was a real treat, the more so for being totally unexpected.

  15. Words

    14 Jul 2009

    Thanks Neil! I suspect a once in a lifetime opportunity to get such a nautical feel to the shots. 😀

  16. Ukwildlife

    14 Jul 2009

    Oh fantastic. I had great views of swallows in pembrokeshire bu the weather was awful so not great shots

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