1705_1338 Barn Swallow

I think this Barn Swallow is yawning - not singing or begging food. Birds get sleepy, too. In fact, looking at this shot, I'm finding it difficult to repress my own urge to yawn. Okay, impossible.

 

Photographed near the first dam on the Frenchman River (at Newton Lake), just northwest of Val Marie, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2017 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

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