{"id":2000,"date":"2011-07-26T22:07:29","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T21:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2000"},"modified":"2013-11-09T01:05:55","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T01:05:55","slug":"swallows-and-martins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/swallows-and-martins\/","title":{"rendered":"Swallows and Martins"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Nesting season is over and the swallows and martins have been joined by numerous young. The local pond is a prime hunting ground for them as they seek out insects over the water.
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<\/span> House martins<\/span><\/p>\n

In between hunting they perch in typical fashion along the telephone wires that run between the farm and village buildings. Mainly there are swallows (young fledglings), but every now and then a martin infiltrates.
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Whether this is mistaken identity or feathered aggression I'm not sure… but follow the sequence \ud83d\ude09
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The maritn eventually gave up the struggle and flew off.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, down at ground level, there were more hungry birds. This early morning blackbird was proudly displaying a mouthful of worms.
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And in the undergrowth by a wall, a young robin was patiently waiting to be fed.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[980],"tags":[51,562,78,1165],"class_list":["post-2000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","tag-blackbird","tag-house-martin","tag-robin","tag-swallow","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t