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Swallows Stream 1036 A

Cliff swallows by a muddy stream just outside of The Badlands National Park in South Dakota.

 

Driving a dirt road on the way to The Badlands, I passed over a small bridge crossing this muddy stream and disturbed hundreds of cliff swallows nesting in the nearby mud walls. I jumped out of the car and took some shots, but by the time I had adjusted my camera settings, most had flown away. So, I kept driving, shot some scenes about a mile away, and then returned to the bridge after about an hour and got this scene.

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Uploaded on August 14, 2021
Taken on July 15, 2021