{"id":74186,"date":"2019-08-04T05:14:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T11:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=74186"},"modified":"2019-08-04T05:59:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T11:59:27","slug":"barn-swallow-adult-and-recent-fledgling-feeding-acrobatics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/04\/barn-swallow-adult-and-recent-fledgling-feeding-acrobatics\/","title":{"rendered":"Barn Swallow Adult And Recent Fledgling – Feeding Acrobatics"},"content":{"rendered":"

When adult swallows are feeding youngsters in flight their aerial maneuvers are usually precise and flawless. But occasionally someone screws up.<\/p>\n

I’ve never posted these photos from my archives in the past because they have obvious flaws (clipped and cut off body parts). But recently I’ve become a little more flexible about those kinds of imperfections when the photos show interesting behaviors or have other strengths.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Four years ago I had a marvelous opportunity with adult Barn Swallows feeding a ravenous fledgling at Bear River MBR. Here I had a side view in good light as the adult stuffed an insect down the throat of the youngster so I was disappointed to have butchered a wing. But many other things went right with the photo so I still get a kick out of it.<\/p>\n

I watched and photographed this behavior for quite a while and only saw them screw up their complicated maneuvers once and wouldn’t you know it, I almost missed keeping both birds in the frame when it happened.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

As the adult was leaving the youngster after a food delivery it dang near knocked the young bird off its perch with its wing. It almost looks like the wing is folded over the fledgling’s head in a protective manner but in reality it nearly slammed the poor youngster to the ground. I like that contradiction.<\/p>\n

But this was all I had in the frame to record the moment. I’m glad I managed to get what I did but man I’d sure like a do-over.<\/p>\n

On both shots.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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When adult swallows are feeding youngsters in flight their aerial maneuvers are usually precise. But occasionally someone screws up.<\/p>\n

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