2306_0009 Tree Swallow
"What's A Summer Without Critters?" - the series, continued. This one is from my garden. In May a pair of Tree Swallows moved into a bird house on my fence. They quickly accepted me as a benign presence - or perhaps "innocuous" would be more accurate - and seemed to enjoy perching on one of my bean poles to watch me dig, plant, weed, and water.
I was hoping they would produce a family, but alas, for unknown reasons, one day in July they were simply... gone. This is the male. An iridescent beauty!
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2306_0009 Tree Swallow
"What's A Summer Without Critters?" - the series, continued. This one is from my garden. In May a pair of Tree Swallows moved into a bird house on my fence. They quickly accepted me as a benign presence - or perhaps "innocuous" would be more accurate - and seemed to enjoy perching on one of my bean poles to watch me dig, plant, weed, and water.
I was hoping they would produce a family, but alas, for unknown reasons, one day in July they were simply... gone. This is the male. An iridescent beauty!
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.